Elmhurst Public School Classroom

Photograph

Elmhurst History Museum

Name/Title

Elmhurst Public School Classroom

Entry/Object ID

P69.5.2

Description

Elmhurst Public School (later renamed Hawthorne School) students observing the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' voyages. Chalkboards read "Grammar Room" and "Elmhurst Illinois Oct 25, 1892."

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Black and White Print

Made/Created

Date made

1892

Time Period

1890s

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

It is stamped "Elmhurst Historical Commission" on the back. The teachers' and students' names are also written on the back along with "from C. Koch 6/69 / Observation of 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America."