One-Room School Houses

PhotographerPhotographed by Laighton Brothers

Date1874-1891

MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount; collodion print on paper on cardboard mount

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 x 5 13/16in. (10.2 x 14.8cm) or smaller Sheet (height x width): 4 x 5 13/16in. (10.2 x 14.8cm) or smaller Mount (height x width): 4 3/16 x 8 7/16in. (10.6 x 21.4cm) or smaller

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund

Object number2006.93.92-.93

DescriptionOne school house is brick with a wire fence. The other is a frame building with a cupola and men, women, boys, and girls gathered on the steps and on the grassy lawn. Both schools have young trees growing in the schoolyards.

Status

Not on view