Museum purchase 1985.77.7 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Schoolchildren at the Norton District School

PhotographerPhotographed by Marie Kendall (American, 1854 - 1943)

Dateabout 1900

MediumPhotography; collodion print mounted on cabinet card

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 1/2 x 7 5/8in. (11.4 x 19.4cm) Sheet (height x width): 4 1/2 x 7 5/8in. (11.4 x 19.4cm) Mount (height x width): 5 1/8 x 8 1/2in. (13 x 21.6cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number1985.77.7

DescriptionNine schoolchildren, dressed in winter clothing and carrying lunch pails and books, stand on the dirt road outside of a one-room schoolhouse. According to the signpost on the right, the road is on the way to Canaan Valley, which is four miles away, and is just past the intersection of the road to South Sandisfield. A leafless tree stands beside the schoolhouse.

Collections

Women Photographers

NotesSubject Note: The schoolhouse pictured was the North End or Norton District School, also called the Curtiss Family School at the turn of the twentieth century because all of the students belonged to the Curtiss family. It was located off Doolittle Drive, at the intersection of Wheeler and Barry Hill Roads.

From Havemeyer, Ann, Robert Dance and Barry Webber. "The One-Room Schoolhouse," Picturing Norfolk 1758-1958, Barkhamsted, CT: Goulet Printery, 2008.

Status

Not on view