Willow Lane school students in front of schoolhouse, October 18, 1897

Title

Willow Lane school students in front of schoolhouse, October 18, 1897

Subject

one-room schoolhouses
De Witt County (Ill.)
Rural schools

Description

Photograph of Willow Lane school students by the schoolhouse, taken October 18, 1897.

Front row (left to right): Floyd Grady, Lloyd Grady, Harry Mendenhall, Ray Miller, Grover Hoff, Elmer Geiling, John Shoemaker, Walter Grady, Hubert Grady.

Back row: Hester Shaw, Georgia Shaw, Fred Grady, Pearl Grady, Janette Ford (teacher), Bessie Workman, Ethel Grady, Ivy Mendenall, Belle Geiling.

Source

Prairie Post [newspaper], August 13, 1959, p. 7.

Publisher

Prairie Post

Date

1897 October 18

Rights

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Format

JPEG

Language

English

Identifier

2023-1333

Original Format

black and white photograph

Files

Willow Lane School, 1897 (from Prairie Post Aug. 13 1959, p. 7).jpeg

Citation

“Willow Lane school students in front of schoolhouse, October 18, 1897,” MF School Archives, accessed May 14, 2024, https://mftest.omeka.net/items/show/459.

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