Hudson School Fourth/Fifth Grade Class, Puente, California
Entry/Object ID
2006.147.1.1
Description
A photograph post card of the fourth and fifth grade classes at Hudson School, Puente, California, ca. 1915. The view is a close-up of about thirty children seated on the school step with the open double doors to the building behind them. Standing at the left is the teacher, At the bottom are inscribed "4th & 5th Grades" and "Puente, Cal." On the reverse is the ink inscription, "Bernice Lantz, Teacher / Gracie Hoag in top row" and there is an "X" above her head on the photo. A Post-It note on the sleeve that came with the photo reads "The girl with the x was my Great Aunt Grace Mercy Hoag. She Died at age 15 January 1, 1919 During the Great Flu epidemic." With heavy soiling and stains, mainly on the unused reverse, the condition overall is good.
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Hudson School, Elementary school teachers--La Puente (Calif.), Elementary schools--La Puente (Calif.), School children--La Puente (Calif.)
