Elementary school class in Wellington Street rooms at the back of Willard's paint shop about 1913-1914
Description
- Mystery Question
- Can you identify any of these students in this 1913-1914 photo?[Please answer by clicking on the Comments tab]
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Photo of a class of students standing outside their school, which was located in a back alley (off of Wellington Street) in Willard's paint shop. This building was used temporarily while waiting for a more permanent building.
In "Our St. Marys Schools" (a booklet published by the St. Marys Journal and written by J.R. Stanley, M.D. the Chairman of the St. Marys Public School Board), the school is described:
"The Willard building is a comfortable room, of inconvenient shape situated in the rear of a Wellington Street block and approached by a narrow alley. There are only a few square feet of playground and no grass. At best it is a crude makeshift. It, like the stone church school, is a rented building." (page 36)
In this specific photo there is a British flag being held, most of the girls have bows in their hair, and it is obvious they are facing the sun (eyes squinting - one little boy is even covering his head). - Notes
- Condition: Very dirty with rips and tears - one specifically in the middle. Poor to fair condition.
Handle only if necessary.
Copy and negative available. - Date of Original
- 1913-1914
- Dimensions
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Width: 14.2 cm
Height: 8.6 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 10.5cm
Image Height: 7.4cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 0373ph
- Collection
- St. Marys Museum photo collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.2600341433002 Longitude: -81.1416184902191
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- "R. Burgess School Class in Wellington Street rooms at the back of Willard's Paint Shop about 1913-1914." St. Marys Museum, 0373ph.
- Terms of Use
- Reproduction of digital objects is restricted to fair use for personal study or research; any other use must be done with permission of copyright holder.
- Reproduction Notes
- This image is a watermarked low resolution reproduction.
High resolution images are available at the St. Marys Museum for a fee.
- Contact
- St. Marys MuseumEmail:museum@town.stmarys.on.ca
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