Photos, videos and docs of Alan Mays, with the keywords: "students"

Grand Spelling Bee, Fair View School, Mechanicsville, Pa., March 24, 1906

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 03:09:02 +0000

Katharine Hostetter Kauffman, later known as Katharine “Katie” Kauffman Herr (1886-1986), was the teacher who organized the spelling bee advertised on this handbill.

For a similar item from a later event, see Spelling Bee, Terre Hill, Pa., April 3, 1925.

Come One! Come All! To a Grand "Spelling Bee"

To Be Held at the
Fair View School
Near Mechanicsville
along Manheim Trolley Road

Saturday Eve., March 24, '06

Classes are as follows:
Class I. Open to Pupils of 11 years and under.
Class II. Open to all Public School Children.
Class III. Arithmetical Contest, open to all.
Class IV. General Information, open to all.

16 Valuable Prizes to be Distributed
The Program will consist of Music, Phonograph and School Recitations and Dialogues

General Admission - 10 Cts.
Proceeds to be used for the School Library.

Doors Open at 7 o'clock. Exercises begin at 7:30 o'clock.

Katharine H. Kauffman, Teacher.

Should the weather prove too unfavorable the Bee will be held the first fair evening following Monday.

L. B. Herr Print, 51-53 N. Queen St., Lancaster, Pa.

Flash

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 17:09:02 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of steps, stairs, staircases.

This is a real photo postcard of young women standing on the steps leading up to the entrance of a building. They're wearing uniforms with scarves or neckerchiefs, and the banner they're holding simply says, "Flash." In the corners of the banner are what seem to be drawings of stylized top hats. Peeking out from below the banner are two pairs of what might be athletic shoes.

Although someone over on Flickr amusingly suggested that this might be an early example of a flash mob, I suspect that these young women belonged to a club or sports team at a high school or college. But I'm not sure what "Flash" meant to them or why the top hats -- if that's what they are -- appear on the banner.

The Deestrick Skule, Strasburg, Pennsylvania, ca. 1910s

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 01:59:02 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of when I grow up (children dressed as adults or dressed for work, e.g. as policeman, nurse, train driver, etc.). It also fits the monthly theme of group portraits.

Caption in the upper right-hand corner: "The Deestrick Skule." A penciled-in dealer's note on the other side identifies the location as "Strasburg, Pa."

This is a photo of children dressed in costumes to portray pupils, the schoolmaster, school committee members, and local citizens for a play about the funny goings-on at the old-time "Deestrick Skule" or district school -- the one-room schoolhouse of the early nineteenth century (not the school districts that resulted from the later consolidation of these small schools).

Mrs. M. H. Jaquith of Topeka, Kansas, was the author of The Deestrick Skule of Fifty Years Ago (1888) and "Exerbition" of the Deestrick Skule of Fifty Years Ago (1890). Both of these provided scripts and suggestions for producing local theatrical productions that could accommodate fifty or more participants (there are forty kids in this photo).

The Cyko stamp box (Cyko 5, variation A2.66) on the other side of this divided-back real photo postcard has an earliest known usage date of May 2, 1910, according to Brogan and Weseloh's Real Photo Postcard Guide (2006).

Sargent Student Studying, ca. 1930s (Books)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 04:55:04 +0000

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An enlargement of the bookshelf on the college student's desk revealed the following titles: Textbook of Anatomy and Physiology, 9th ed., College Zoology, by Heg[ner], and Organic Chemistry.

I was able to identify the first book as the ninth edition of Textbook of Anatomy and Physiology, by Diana Clifford Kimber, Carolyn Elizabeth Gray, and Caroline E Stackpole, which was published by Macmillan in 1934.

The second book, College Zoology, was authored by Robert W. Hegner and was also published by Macmillan, with a third edition in 1932 and a fourth in 1936.

Although I didn't attempt to track down details about Organic Chemistry, the presence of the other two books confirms that this photo dates to 1934 or later.

See also the original photo and a cropped version.

Sargent Student Studying, ca. 1930s (Cropped)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 04:55:06 +0000

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A college student sitting at her desk. Notice the small "Sargent" pennant on the wall (upper right-hand corner of the photo), which suggests she was a student at Sargent College (now Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College).

For more information, see the full version of this real photo postcard and an enlargement showing the books visible at the side of the desk.

Sargent Student Studying, ca. 1930s

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 04:55:08 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of college memories (your own or someone else's).

This is a real photo postcard of a female student sitting at a desk and pretending to read a book as she poses for a photo. On the back of the card is an Azo stamp box design (with squares in the corners) that indicates a time frame ranging from 1924 to 1949.

A small "Sargent" pennant on the wall above the desk (see a cropped version of the photo for a better view of the pennant) suggests that the woman was a student at Sargent College, which is known today as the Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College.

An enlargement of the bookshelf on the desk revealed the following titles: Textbook of Anatomy and Physiology, 9th ed., College Zoology, by Heg[ner], and Organic Chemistry.

I was able to identify the first book as the ninth edition of Textbook of Anatomy and Physiology, by Diana Clifford Kimber, Carolyn Elizabeth Gray, and Caroline E Stackpole, which was published by Macmillan in 1934.

The second book, College Zoology, was authored by Robert W. Hegner and was also published by Macmillan, with a third edition in 1932 and a fourth in 1936.

Although I didn't attempt to track down details about Organic Chemistry, the presence of the other two books confirms that this photo dates to 1934 or later.

Reward of Merit for a Good Scholar, 1826

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 05:33:06 +0000

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An early nineteenth-century reward of merit.

The "Elizabeth Bradley" who received this reward of merit may be the same "Betsy Bradley" listed on a Diligence Ticket from the same time period.

Reward of Merit

This certifies that Elizabeth Bradl[ey] is a good scholar and merits much praise from her instructor Albert Caswell, Caldwell, March 18, 1826.

Diligence Ticket

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 05:33:08 +0000

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A reward of merit dating to the early nineteenth century. According to Patricia Fenn and Alfred P. Malpa's book about Rewards of Merit (1994), pp. 205-6, Henry Dodd and James Stevenson, Jr., were in business together as printers in Salem, New York, from 1814 to 1831.

The "Betsy Bradley" listed on this Diligence Ticket may be the same "Elizabeth Bradley" who received a Reward of Merit for a Good Scholar, 1826.

Diligence Ticket

To Betsy Bradley for diligence in study, is this certificate given.

E. Durham, Ins.

Dodd & Stevenson, Printers, Salem.

Bank of Merit, 20 Shares of Stock

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 05:33:04 +0000

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A nineteenth-century reward of merit.

Bank of Merit

20 Shares of Stock to the Holder

God offers reward, my Teacher does the same--they both encourage me. I tried, and success crowned my efforts.

Harry Lightcap, Pupil. Benjamin Rich, Teacher.

20. XX.

Savage Elementary School, Grade 3, 1964-65

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 03:53:45 +0000

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An elementary school photo taken by a professional photographer for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

Sign: "Savage Elementary School, Mrs. Rhoads, Grade 3, 1964-65." Studio name on accompanying photo folder: "Mealey - Maryland."

Although some students undoubtedly find their school to be a savage and unforgiving place, the name of this Savage Elementary School came from its location in the town of Savage, Maryland.

The students have assembled in the library for their class photo. Some of the books on display on the top shelf behind them include Hercules: The Story of an Old-Fashioned Fire Engine (1940), A Fly Went By (1958), The Little Twin (1953), Stagecoach Sam (1940), and Caps for Sale (1940).

Many of the students are wearing red-colored clothing, but the boy standing at the end of the fourth row in the upper right-hand corner of the photo is dressed in a grey shirt and pants with a "U.S. Army" patch over one shirt pocket.

Similarly, the boy sitting on the floor at the end of the first row in the lower right-hand corner is wearing a blue uniform-like outfit with an "Air Force" patch on his shirt.

Finally, notice how the boy at the end of the third row closed his eyes and scrunched up his face as the photographer snapped the picture.

Easter Bunny Kids

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 19:19:02 +0000

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A photo of people looking right at you for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

And this doubles as a photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park monthly topic of the 1960s (submit a photo on this topic each week in addition to—or instead of—a photo for the weekly topic).

Yet another snapshot of those Quizzical Kids in Easter Costumes, who were celebrating Easter and springtime in 1963.

German Girl with School Cone, 1951

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 04:57:50 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of beginnings and endings (houses being built or torn down, stores opening or closing, an old year ending or a new one starting, etc.).

Date and initials at lower right: "4.9.51. F.S." Printed on the back of this photo: "Photogr. F. Schumann, Pirna."

A snapshot of a young German girl who's holding a Schultüte, or school cone, which she received as a gift on her first day of school as a way to commemorate the beginning of her formal education.

For a similar photo taken a few years later, see Girl with Schultüte, 1955. For more photos, see my Schultüten (School Cones) album.

Cyanotype Woman with May 1908 Calendar

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 04:56:02 +0000

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Handwritten note on the other side of this calendar: "Ida Massimore. For faithful attendance at Sunday School. From your teacher, Mrs. E. W. Gregory."

Mrs. Gregory is wearing a cross necklace in the blue-tinted cyanotype photo on this calendar, which she used as an attendance reward for her Sunday school students.

Sophomore Barn Party Ticket, East Petersburg, October 27, 1920

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 03:10:42 +0000

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David Bachman Landis of Landis Art Press (formerly Pluck Art Printery) printed this Halloween party ticket for the sophomore class of a local high school or college. Perhaps it was for students at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and they may have taken the special 7:00 p.m. streetcar from Lancaster to East Petersburg, which is located about six miles away. Or possibly it was for a group in East Petersburg itself.

Compare this ticket with two others that Landis that printed, one for a dance held two days later--Hell'o'een Masked Dance Ticket, Lancaster, Pa., October 29, 1920--and another for a dance that took place two years later--Black Cat Dance Ticket, Lancaster, Pa., October 27, 1922.

Soph. Barn Party

East Petersburg, October 27, 1920.

Special car leaves square 7:00 p.m.

Price per couple, $.150 [$1.50?].

A Halloween Masquerade Invitation! October 23, 1920

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 03:10:48 +0000

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I'm guessing that a masquerade held near the end of the month of October in the year MCMXX (or 1920 in Arabic numerals) would have had something to do with Halloween. One of the classes—juniors, sophomores, or freshmen—at an unidentified high school or college evidently created this invitation to ask the seniors to come to a party "garbed in costumes appropriate for th' occasion."

Also, someone used a pencil on the invitation to darken the masquerader's ruffle and add lines to some of the squares in the plaid clothing design.

A Masquerade!

When? Saturday, October 25, MCMXX at 7:30 o'clock.

Where? In the Conference Rm., News Bld'g.

Hark, ye seniors: come garbed in costumes appropriate for th' occasion.

Spelling Bee Ticket, Camp Grove School, November 27, 1931

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 03:55:04 +0000

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Camp Grove School was located near Bownstown in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The ticket was printed by Landis Art Press, Lancaster, Pa.

Spelling Bee

Camp Grove School, November 27, 1931.

7:30 o'clock. Admission 15c.

Boy with School Cone, Reichenbach im Vogtland, Germany, 1934

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 01 Sep 2019 05:50:08 +0000

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A photo of something beginning with S—a Schultüte or school cone—for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

Photographer's stamp on the back of this real photo postcard. "Adolf E. Weiss, Reichenbach, I.V."

Handwritten note on back: "Reichenbach, 9.4. 1934."

A photo of a young boy holding a Schultüte (school cone) on his first day of school in Reichenbach im Vogtland, Germany, in 1934.

For similar photos, see My First Day of School, April 19, 1922, Petra's First Day of School, September 4, 1965, and other photos in my Schultüten (School Cones) album.

Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, ca. 1910s

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 31 May 2016 17:36:35 +0000

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"Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown, Pa. View from the East. Infirmary. Athletic Field. West Cottage. Auditorium. Grandstand. Model School. Girls' Dorm. Chapel. Central B'ld'g. Boys Dorm. Gym."

This view of Keystone State Normal School—with handy labels that identify the buildings—probably dates to the 1910s. The school opened in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, in 1866, became Kutztown State Teacher's College in 1928, changed its name to Kutztown State College in 1960, and finally ended up as Kutztown University in 1983.

For a view of the other side of the gym, see Can You Find Me? I'm in the Crowd, Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown, Pa., May 22, 1916:

Can You Find Me? I'm in the Crowd, Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown, Pa., May 22, 1916

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 31 May 2016 17:36:37 +0000

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"Can you find me? I'm in the crowd. K.S.N.S., May 22, 1916."

Students at the Keystone State Normal School, located in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, pose in front of the gymnasium more than a hundred years ago. The school became what is today Kutztown University.

For another vintage view of the campus, see Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown, Pennsylvania:

Cosmopolitan Club, Springfield College, 1926

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 03:20:02 +0000

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The Cosmopolitan Club was the precursor to the International Students Organization at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. The Springfield College Digital Collections contains additional Cosmopolitan Club photos from various years.