Flood School students dressed for play (undated photograph)
Title
Flood School students dressed for play (undated photograph)
Subject
one-room schoolhouses
Rural schools
Forsyth (Ill.)
Macon County (Ill.)
Hickory Point (Macon County, Ill. : Township)
Description
Flood School students dressed for play.
From left to right: Roy Swartz, Walter Reeser, Josephine Reeser, Hope Blazer, Bessie Blazer, Lorena Seig, Virginia Hockaday.
Flood School was located about 1.5 miles north of Forsyth on the west side of Rt 51. It was built in 1881 by Henry Flood and closed in 1942. The schoolhouse and property were sold in 1948.
From left to right: Roy Swartz, Walter Reeser, Josephine Reeser, Hope Blazer, Bessie Blazer, Lorena Seig, Virginia Hockaday.
Flood School was located about 1.5 miles north of Forsyth on the west side of Rt 51. It was built in 1881 by Henry Flood and closed in 1942. The schoolhouse and property were sold in 1948.
Source
Rural schools of Macon County. (1978). (F. S. White, Ed.). Macon County Historical Society (142).
Publisher
Macon County Historical Society
Date
no date
Contributor
Photograph contributed by Janet Sibthorp Brewer.
Identifier
2023-1043
Original Format
black and white photo
Files
Collection
Citation
“Flood School students dressed for play (undated photograph),” MF School Archives, accessed May 18, 2024, https://mftest.omeka.net/items/show/79.
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