COLLECTION NAME:
WMU Regional History Photograph Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwa_wmup_p-0008588
Title:
Alamo Center School Class of 1893
Alternative Title:
District School #1
Date:
1873
Description:
Sepia mounted photograph of the 1893 class standing at entrance to school on steps. School is identified as Alamo Center School, Alamo Township, Michigan. View includes snow on the ground. Boys wear suits and girls dresses. The teacher is identified as Austin Grovsner Harmon by handwritten text along the lower edge of the photograph. Standing in the back of the group, he is identified by glasses and a “walrus” style moustache. One of the students in the first row holds a blackboard with text reading “Dis #1, Alamo 1893”. Alamo Center School opened in 1873, located on D Avenue west of 6th Street, Michigan. Austin H. Harmon was a teacher at the Alamo Center School only for the 1873 winter term.
Person:
Harmon, Austin G. H. (Austin Grosvenor Hall), 1853-1928
Building:
Alamo Center School (Mich.)
Subject:
Schools--Michigan
Subject:
Alamo Center School (Mich.)--Students
Subject:
Students--Clothing & dress
Subject:
Rural schools
Subject:
Teachers
Keywords:
Black & white photographs; Mustaches; School buildings; Winter; Students; Young adults; Class photos; Dresses; Suits (Clothing); One-room schools
Location:
Alamo (Mich. : Township)
Time Period:
1880 - 1889
Language:
eng
Source:
6.25 x 4.75 in. sepia photograph, WMU Photograph Collection, P-8588
Collection:
WMU Regional History Photograph Collection
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Digital Date:
2023
Rights Statement:
Rights Status:
No Copyright - United States
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University Library and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by the Western Michigan University Archives and Regional History Collections, Zhang Legacy Collections Center.
Type:
image
Box Barcode:
Box 87, Barcode: 31141024385499
Format Creation:
image/tiff
WMU Regional History Photograph Collection
