Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1968.30.4Description
Mounted photo of a large group of children. Top left corner has been broken off and taped back together poorly.
Writing on back in red ink: "School children, Independence 1887."
Writing in pencil on back: "Class of Nettie Fausel."
Writing in pencil in a different hand on back: "School at Independence winter of 1888."
Stamp on back: "Jas. H. Crockwell, Travelling Photographer. Viewing a specialty. Negatives preserved, duplicates at any time. [Rest is illegible]"
There is a separate piece of paper with the photo titled "Independence School, 1886, photo by Crockwell" and it lists many of the names of the children in the photo. They include: Alice Zink, Mary Mulholland Henry, Alice Rose Hodge, Sara James Meroney, Frank Schere, Edna Matlack Krater, Effie Roeper Lunt, May Parker, Nettie Roeper Fausel, Miss Barnes (teacher), Rita Church (on the teacher's lap), Clara Willett Free, Carrie Gregg Crocker, Rose Roeper Mairs, Elsie Gill, Minnie Levy Mairs, Jeanette Wood Naylor, Etta Wood, Elsie Eibeshutz, Jennie Baxter Harper, Emily Conklin, Lizzie Thompson Bunny, Irma Wood, Joe Levy, Rollin Laird, Pete Mairs, Julian Eibeshutz, Steve Gregg, Arthur Robinson, Paul Mairs, and Irma Webb.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Crockwell, James H.Role
PhotographerDate made
1886 - 1888