B+W photo of Our Lady of Grace School group photo of girls & boys with Mabel Bolles, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1907.
Entry/Object ID
2014.055.0025
Description
Real photograph postcard of Our Lady of Grace School group photo of girls and young boys with Mabel Bolles, Hoboken, no date, circa 1907.
3-7/16" high x 5-1/2" wide print (rppc). Photographer not indicated. Divided postcard back with Cyko stamp block (Cyko in outline letters.) Not used.
Mabel Bolles is standing, third row, fourth from the right. She was in the third grade per description of scene provided by daughter Joan S. Dalton 2014 which would have made the year 1907. Other children not identified.
Mabel Bolles Sheehan (1898-1976), her memoir - archives 2014.055.0001.
She was born in Hoboken August 6, 1898.
All are dressed in their best clothes. The outdoor location of photo is not stated or been determined. A porch or veranda is in the background (possibly the parish house?) Several American flags on sticks are present suggesting a holiday or some celebration.
Ages of the children range from kindergarten or first grade age to circa fifth or sixth grades or older. Possibly the youngest children at the front may have been from the Lady of Grace Orphanage which was next to the school.
School was at Willow Avenue and Fifth Street (and site went to Clinton St.)
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/ child / girl / children / education / schools / class / students / parochial / religion / OLG
Acquisition
Accession
2014.055
Source or Donor
Dalton, Joan S.
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Gift in Memory of Mabel Bolles Sheehan by her daughter, Joan S. Dalton.
Made/Created
Artist
n/a
Date made
1907
Place
Location
Hoboken
Dimensions
Height
3-1/2 in
Width
5-1/2 in
General Notes
Note
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2014-09-22
