Detail View: WMU Regional History Photograph Collection: WMU Regional History Photograph Collection
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Identifier:
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exwa_wmup_p-0008588
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Title:
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Alamo Center School Class of 1893
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Alternative Title:
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District School #1
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Date:
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1873
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Description:
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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.
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Person:
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Harmon, Austin G. H. (Austin Grosvenor Hall), 1853-1928
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Building:
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Alamo Center School (Mich.)
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Subject:
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Schools--Michigan
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Subject:
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Alamo Center School (Mich.)--Students
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Subject:
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Students--Clothing & dress
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Subject:
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Rural schools
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Subject:
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Teachers
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Keywords:
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Black & white photographs; Mustaches; School buildings; Winter; Students; Young adults; Class photos; Dresses; Suits (Clothing); One-room schools
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Location:
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Alamo (Mich. : Township)
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Time Period:
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1880 - 1889
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Language:
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eng
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Source:
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6.25 x 4.75 in. sepia photograph, WMU Photograph Collection, P-8588
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Collection:
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WMU Regional History Photograph Collection
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Publisher:
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Western Michigan University
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Digital Date:
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2023
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Rights Statement:
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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Rights Status:
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No Copyright - United States
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Access Rights:
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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.
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Type:
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image
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Box Barcode:
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Box 87, Barcode: 31141024385499
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Format Creation:
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image/tiff
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