Phelps School Class & Teacher

Photograph

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Phelps School Class & Teacher

Entry/Object ID

25.23

Description

Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". In the black and white photo, a group of children stands in front of a small, wooden one-room schoolhouse with a belfry and chimney visible on the roof, accompanied by their teacher, dressed in early 20th-century attire; the students, wear a variety of old-fashioned clothing including dresses, jackets, and boots, and they pose in a line with a water pump visible to the left.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Portrait

Subject

Waseca County Rural School

Context

Donor believes the photo may show the Phelps School of rural Waseca.

Cataloged By

Pfen

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1910

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Class

Documentary Artifact

Category

Communication Artifacts

Create Date

June 13, 2025

Update Date

January 3, 2026