PopKulture's photos with the keyword: school

Vintage fourth grade class photo from Fairbury, Illinois - early teens, probably 1914. Inscribed on the back: Grade IV Standing left to right: Tom Blakesly William Bolliger Tony Casper Sam Huber Ezra Kammer (or Hammer) Name unknown John Carter Shelby Wharton Name unknown Charles Albach Victor Barnes Leo Burdette Floyd Baker Miss Hazel Farr Sitting L. to R: Matilda Bolliger Bernice Sharlock Edith Agard Marcella Pendergast Louise Lindloff (sp?) Beatrice P Moore Esther Nicholas Helen Wahl Pearl Blivens Melita Alback Bernice Emorg Lorene Hallock Louise Cashera Louisa Cashera

Vintage third and fourth grade class photo from Fairbury, Illinois, dated 1913. Inscribed on the back: Grade III & IV 1st row Standing from left to right. Miss Susie Williams Dorothy Mossiman Myrtle Craig Daniel Roth Harold Presler Harry Koehler John Mapel Pete Van Appen Arval Allen George Hornsby Floyd Baker John Jacobs Willis Harris 2nd row standing Norma Kilgus Nathalia Stoller William Hannie (sp?) Edwin Dally Carl Bolliger Irving Borg (?) Edwin Roth Lucille Griggs Charles Van Appen James Smith Name unknown Alvin Nicholas Francis Gordan Name unknown Sitting L. to R. Geneva Sullivan Agatha Langabeer Marion McDowell Agusta Pate Bernice Carter Frances Shanks Lorene Halloch (sp?) Buelah Morris Helen Wahl Esther Nicholas Bernice Scharlock Emma Boliger Dorothy Hardin Mary Schmidt

Victorian-era reward of merit card which lends one to believe playing marbles wasn't consistently considered delinquent for youngsters. p.s. I'm guessing by the cricket bat that this may be English in origin, but not necessarily.

This abandoned and delightfully dilapidated schoolhouse in small-town Elmira, Illinois, appears not long for this world. At the rate the siding is being stolen off it, the first heavy snowfall stands to do it in. Still, in its heyday, it must have been a source of great pride for the townsfolk.

Flageolet, enfilade, equerry, cochineal, debauchee, cynosure... they're all in here. Who among us today couldn't stand a refresher from Henderson's Test Words in English Orthography? By N.P. Henderson, A.M., published by Clark and Maynard, New York, 1872.

Tom Trott Reading Skilltext - a delightful, early Merrill school publication, 1946.