Sepia-toned image of a group of school students standing on the porch and a temporary step outside of their building. Most of the boys wear coats and pants, some wear short pants and one boy has a ruffled collar. The girls wear print and patterned dresses of varying fabrics, and most wear their hair pulled back from their faces. Two men stand at the left of the group, one just visible behind the other. The school has broken out windows and an open door.
Black and white image of a number of children standing outside of a building. Some students are seated in front of the group, including two boys who appear to be almost wrestling. The girls wear knee-length skirts, many made of plaid material, while some wear pinafores or sailor style shirts. The boys wear overalls or pants with suspenders.
Black and white copy image of a group of students gathered outside of a building. The boys mostly wear overalls or work shirts tucked into jeans. The girls have short sleeved dresses or skirts and sweaters. Groner Elementary was located just off the intersection of River Road and Scholls Ferry Road, in what is now a filbert orchard. Groner Consolidated School was built just down the road from the original school.
Sepia-toned image of a group of students arranged in front of their school. The girls almost exclusively wear their hair in short bobs, and their skirts and dresses are also short. Their teacher stands at the back of the group. Dilley School was one of the first schools in the area, founded in 1860.
Black and white image of a group of students gathered on the front steps of a building. Most are elementary aged, though a few boys who appear to be teenagers stand in the back row. Almost all the boys wear overalls and have short hair combed to the side. The two older boys wear shirts with the cuffs rolled above their elbows and their hair combed straight back from their faces. One boy in the back row wears a suit and tie. The girls wear short, blousy dresses with short sleeves and most with large, rounded collars. Their hair is also shorter, parted on the side and sometimes held back from their faces. Groner Elementary was in the Scholls Ferry area, and this building was built in 1908. The site is currently (2012) a filbert orchard, and can be seen next to the current Groner's Consolidated Elementary, which replaced this school.
Black and white image of a group of students gathered outside a small wooden school. West Union School was the first school district in Washington County, classes beginning in 1852.
Black and white image of a group of students gathered in front of Gaston school. These students all lived in Yamhill County according to school district records, but their school was in Washington County. Of the forty-four students listed on the school record, twenty have Japanese names.
Black and white image of a group of approximately 50 school children gathered in front of their school building. The students are arranged on the stairs leading up to the front door; their ages ranged from two students who were only four up to several nineteen-year-olds who were still in school. Their teacher, Gustus Scrofford, stands at the back right of the image. Washington County records list 93 total students at Orenco School #38 for the school year of 1936-1937, though it is unlikely all were in attendance at any one time. At its peak in the 1910s, this school had over 150 students, however by the mid-1930s, when this picture was taken, the Nursery company had been shut down for a number of years and the population in the area was also declining.
Black and white image of a group of school children of varying ages gathered on the front porch of a school. Glenwood School was located out on Highway 6, north of Forest Grove, and at one time had a railroad station, a post office, and a school.
Black and white image of a group of students gathered on the steps of Harrison School #63. School census records for this year record a total of 46 students who attended at some point during the year, most of whom lived northeast of the community on Rural Route #1, now the Wilson River Highway or Oregon State Highway 6.
Sepia-toned photograph of a group of school students ranging in age from elementary to teenagers. Notice that most of the boys wear overalls, and the girls mostly have short hair, and wear short dresses. At this time, 1933, the area was still largely rural, with farms and a sawmill. West Union was the first school district in Washington County, formed in 1851. The building behind the students in this image was the second building to house the school, and was in use from 1892 until 1949. Today, the school is part of the nearby Hillsboro School District.
Sepia-toned image of a group of schoolchildren in front of their one-room school. The children range in age from early elementary to high school, and there are nearly equal numbers of boys and girls in the photo. One boy at the back left of the group brandishes a baseball bat. Prickett School was located north of Banks, Oregon, on Green Mountain and Woollen Roads, and in 1944 it consolidated with Banks. The schoolhouse burned down in 1947.
Black and white image of a large group of students gathered along the boardwalk in front of their two-story school building with their teachers. Note the various lengths of pants worn by the boys in the front row; some are still wearing the short pants that were popular for young boys, while others simply wear long pants. By this time few boys of school age wore the traditional skirts, but many young boys still wore 'short pants' until they reached an age where their families would allow them to wear long pants. The two women standing at the far left of the image are the teachers, while the man at the far right is the principal.
Sepia-toned image mounted on heavy mat of several girls in skirts, holding ribbons that are being wrapped around a Maypole. Note the boys watching in the background.
Black and white image of a large group of children, gathered at a train station. Most of the children are gathered to one side of the tracks, though at least one boy has wandered over to the other side. Another boy is about to climb a power line support, while a boy behind him waves a United States flag. The boys mostly wear knickers; a number have newsboy caps. The women wear cloche hats and hats with large, floppy brims. In the background, a farmer waits with his load of wood, a piece of a single large log. A boxcar door on the station reads, 'Spokane Portland & Seattle 3073.'
The newly constructed Garden Home School in 1912. This was its second year of operation; during its first year, classes were held upstairs in the Jager Store across the street. The schoolhouse was completed by September 1912 and stood on the northwest corner of Rex (now Oleson) and Nichol (now Garden Home) roads, and had two classrooms.
A group portrait of the students from the Garden Home School, all grades, standing on the front steps of the Jager Store in 1911. This was the founding year of Garden Home School. It was held upstairs in the Jager Store in 1911 before moving to its own building the next year. The Jager Store was also known as the "White Store" and was located on what is now the southeast corner of Oleson and Garden Home Road.
