A photograph of a public school in North Yamhill, Oregon. This photograph is printed on postcard stock and includes a brief note to "Mr Chas Walker". It is postmarked October 27, 1912. This photograph is part of the Charles Lovell and Winnette Sears Walker Collection. Winnette was a 1906 alumna of Linfield College. Charles was an alumnus of Tualatin Academy who later became a musician and an insurance agent in Hillsboro, Oregon.
A photograph of school children and teachers in front of North Yamhill Public School in 1911. This photograph is printed on postcard stock and includes a brief note from "Freda" to "Mrs. Charles L. Walker". This photograph is part of the Charles Lovell and Winnette Sears Walker Collection. Winnette was a 1906 alumna of Linfield College. Charles was an alumnus of Tualatin Academy who later became a musician and an insurance agent in Hillsboro, Oregon.
A photograph of students in front of McMinnville High School in Mcminnville, Oregon. This photograph was printed on postcard stock and includes a note from "Freda" to "Mrs Charles L. Walker". It is postmarked September 9, 1914. This photograph is part of the Charles Lovell and Winnette Sears Walker Collection. Winnette was a 1906 alumna of Linfield College. Charles was an alumnus of Tualatin Academy who later became a musician and an insurance agent in Hillsboro, Oregon.
A photograph of a public school in North Yamhill, Oregon. Teachers and students stand on the walkway in front of the school. This photograph was printed on postcard stock and includes a note from "Freda" to "Miss Winnette Sears". It is postmarked for March 17, 1912. This photograph is part of the Charles Lovell and Winnette Sears Walker Collection. Winnette was a 1906 alumna of Linfield College. Charles was an alumnus of Tualatin Academy who later became a musician and an insurance agent in Hillsboro, Oregon.
A photograph of a public school in North Yamhill, Oregon. Students and teachers stand on the walkway in front of the school. This photograph was printed on postcard stock and includes a note from "Freda" to "Mr C. W. Walker", requesting music for an upcoming dance. It is postmarked January 28, 1912. This photograph is part of the Charles Lovell and Winnette Sears Walker Collection. Winnette was a 1906 alumna of Linfield College. Charles was an alumnus of Tualatin Academy who later became a musician and an insurance agent in Hillsboro, Oregon.
A photograph of a public school in North Yamhill, Oregon. This photograph is printed on postcard stock and includes a brief note from "Freda" to "Miss Winnette Sears". It is postmarked September 13, 1910. This photograph is part of the Charles Lovell and Winnette Sears Walker Collection. Winnette was a 1906 alumna of Linfield College. Charles was an alumnus of Tualatin Academy who later became a musician and an insurance agent in Hillsboro, Oregon.
A photograph of a public school in North Yamhill, Oregon. This photograph is printed on postcard stock and includes a brief note from "Freda" to "Miss Winnette Sears". It is postmarked November 10, 1910. This photograph is part of the Charles Lovell and Winnette Sears Walker Collection. Winnette was a 1906 alumna of Linfield College. Charles was an alumnus of Tualatin Academy who later became a musician and an insurance agent in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Sepia-toned image of a large group of students arranged in front of a two-story building. The younger students are seated in front, and the other students appear to be arranged on rises in the background. Most of the students appear to be grammar school age. the teacher, standing to the image right of the group, wears a double-breasted three-piece suit. The young boy indicated with the blue 'X' on his chest is Roy Wilson, the younger brother of Roy Wilson. Watts School served students west of Forest Grove. See WCMpic_015631, WCMpic_015635, and WCMpic_015632 for other images of this school.
Sepia-toned image of a group of students gathered outside a one-room school building. The younger students are grouped in front by gender, the girls seated in front of the boys, who are kneeling. Seven older students, including two tall boys, stand with the teacher behind the group. Watts School served students west of Forest Grove. See WCMpic_015631, WCMpic_015635, and WCMpic_015632 for other images of this school.
Sepia-toned image of a group of students seated on the stairs of a school building. Their teacher stands next to them. The boys sit on the first three steps, and the girls sit behind them. Most of the students appear to be grammar-school age. Watts School served students west of Forest Grove. See WCMpic_015631, WCMpic_015635, and WCMpic_015634 for other images of this school.
Sepia-toned image of a group of students gathered in front of a small, one-room school house with a church visible just beyond the building. The younger students, mostly boys, are seated on the ground, and the older students stand in three rows behind them. Most of the boys wear suit coats and many wear hats. The girls wear short dresses with puffed sleeves, most gathered at the waist. Watts School served students west of Forest Grove. See WCMpic_015632, WCMpic_015635, and WCMpic_015634 for other images of this school. The blue ink 'X' on the front may indicate that the small boy at the end of the row who is scratching his nose is the 'Roy Wilson' named on the back.
Black and white image of a two-story school with a daylight basement and a large, protruding front entrance with a bell tower and balcony on the top. The school sits in a large yard, with a flagpole and a power pole directly in front of it. A sidewalk runs in front of the school, and the road just visible in the lower right corner is dirt.
Group portrait of students at Prickett school in Washington County, Oregon. This school was located north of the town of Banks, at or near Woollen Road and Green Mountain Road.
Portrait of a class of elementary school students, probably from a school within or south of Hillsboro, Oregon. The photo was presented to Isa Grabel by her father on December 25, 1908. The children and their teacher, Miss Wilcox, are identified in writing on the back of the photograph.
Sepia-toned image of a two-story school building with a basement, front porch, bell tower, and dormer windows in the roof. A 'graded' school separated children into grades by age, rather than a one-room school where students were grouped according to where they were working in any particular curriculum.
Black and white image of Hillsboro Public School on the front of a postcard. The building is two-story, Queen Anne style, with a front entrance and bell tower and sits in a large open yard. Two church steeples rise in the distance. Printed postcards such as this were a common way to share photographs in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. A one cent postage stamp is affixed to the back.
Sepia-toned image mounted on heavy cardstock of a group of students gathered on benches outside of their school. The children wear dark stockings and button-up boots, and the girls have skirts and pinafores. Most of the boys wear short pants. An arrow points up from the lower left of the image, pointing out Inez Ward Warren as a child. Hillsboro had a population of about 2,000 at this time, and was the largest school district in the area. Most of these children would have lived in town.
Sepia-toned image of a group of students assembled on the steps of a school. They range in age from very young children to students who look to be in their late teens. A woman holding a toddler stands to the side. While most of the younger children's clothing is representative of late 1800s styles, the young women at the back of the row wear more stylish outfits typical of the transition to the styles of the early 1900s.
Students and a teacher from the Harrison School on Harrison Road, between Banks and Mountaindale in Washington County, Oregon. This photograph was taken circa 1892. The students stand on and in front of the school's porch. A Hillsboro Argus article published decades later provided the names of the students and teacher: (Front row, from left) Otis Purdin, Fred Schlegel, Eugene Northrup, Ivy McMurry, Mabel Northrup, Ella Schlegel, Edwin Schlegel, Lurah Cornelius, Eva Cornelius, Louise Rieben, Ellis Purdin, Will Rieben; (top row) Mary Rieben, Rose Schlegel, Elizabeth Rieben, Minnie Northrup, Pearl McMurry, Frank Armentrout, Arthur Schelgel, Charles Purdin, Wesley Schlegel, George Cronkite (teacher), Fred McMurry and Nelse Cornelius.
Students gathered at the base of a stairway leading to the front entrance of a building, probably a school. This photograph was likely taken between 1924-1933, based on the hair and clothing styles present. The students probably belonged to a school in Washington County, Oregon.