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

Prof. George Roch, Music Teacher and Tuner of Organs and Pianos, Lebanon, Pa., 1885

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 03:01:35 +0000

This is a bright orange nineteenth-century business card for George Roch (1852-1913). A number of directories list him as a music teacher or musician, usually with an address in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, rather than Lebanon. John H. Long (1850-1925) was a carpenter and organ manufacturer in Lebanon.

Prof. Geo. Roch,

Music Teacher and Tuner of Organs and Pianos,
at J. H. Long's Organ Factory,
Lebanon, Pa.

174 Instruments tuned between February 1, 1885, and September 7, 1885.

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

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

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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.

Miss Kline and Her Students, Rhode's School, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1913

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 03:58:02 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of school days.

This is a real photo postcard that's dated 1913 on the other side. The photo shows a teacher and her students at Rhode's School, a one-room schoolhouse -- now a private residence -- located along Old U.S. 22 about two miles east of Krumsville in Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

A local publication reprinted this photo in 1969 with the following caption:

"The teacher in this picture was Miss Carrie W. Kline [1857-1931], a native of Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. She was a graduate of the Keystone State Normal School [now Kutztown University], class of 1877. She started teaching at the age of 19 and followed the profession for fifty years in the schools of Penna. She taught at Rhode's School from 1908 to 1915."

-- From Da Ausauga (Kempton, Pa.: Fereinicht Pennsylfawnish Deitsch Fulk, Inc.), vol. 9, no. 4 (June-July 1969), p. 1.

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.

Clara Bull, Music Teacher, Andover, Kansas, ca. 1880s

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 03:26:02 +0000

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Clara Bull of Andover, Kansas, used this business card to advertise the music lessons she offered in the early 1880s. Her name appeared in various newspapers during that time (see below).

Clara Bull,

Music Teacher, Andover, Kansas.

Terms: $10 for Term of Twenty-four Lessons.

"Miss Ota Johns of Pleasant and Miss Clara Bull of Sedgwick county were entertaining callers Saturday. Miss Bull has been teaching music in Pleasant."
—Augusta Republican (Augusta, Kansas), Wed., Sept. 20, 1882, p. 3.

"Miss Clara Bull, Andover" was one of the "Successful Teachers" in a "list of successful applicants at the teacher's examination of July 31st and August 1st."
—El Dorado Republican (El Dorado, Kansas), Aug. 22, 1884, p. 3.

"Miss Clara Bull will instruct the youth of Alhambra this winter. We hope she will be as successful in this as she has been in music teaching."
—Augusta News (Augusta, Kansas), Oct. 9, 1884, p. 8.

Typefaces: Ringlet ("Clara Bull"), Lady Text ("Music Teacher"), and Program ("Andover, Kansas").

Thanks to Florian Hardwig for identifying and dating the typefaces (see his discussion of Clara Bull, Music Teacher business card at Fonts In Use). Since Lady Text was issued in 1884, Clara Bull's card must date to that year or later.

Vacation Bible School, St. John's Lutheran Church, Slatington, Pa., July 1, 1936 (Detail)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 03:47:02 +0000

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A detail from a photo of the participants in a vacation Bible school at St. John's Lutheran Church in Slatington, Pennsylvania, in 1936.The children in the top half of the image look like giants compared to the ones in the lower half, which makes it obvious that this is a montage of two or more different photos.

For the full real photo postcard, see Vacation Bible School, St. John's Lutheran Church, Slatington, Pa., July 1, 1936.

Vacation Bible School, St. John's Lutheran Church, Slatington, Pa., July 1, 1936

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 03:47:04 +0000

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A religious photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

"St. John's Lutheran Church, 12th Daily Vacation Bible School, 7-1-36, Slatington, Pa."

A real photo postcard of the children and adults who participated in a vacation Bible school at St. John's Lutheran Church in Slatington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, on July 1, 1936. It wasn't until I attempted to count the number of people in the photo—there are about 215—that I realized that this is a montage combining two or more images. A close-up of part of the photo makes the montage obvious.

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.

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.

A Teacher on Her Way to School in Her Own Private Automobile

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 15:22:02 +0000

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A double-exposure trick photo of a woman pushing herself on a wheelbarrow. The double exposure did produce an amusing photo, but the photographer had to add white outlining at the bottom to make the wheelbarrow stand out from the dark streak that runs vertically through the center of the photo.

This is a real photo postcard postmarked in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on October 1, 1908, and addressed to Miss Flossie Minch, Waldo, Wisconsin. The sender of the postcard, who's the woman pushing and riding the wheelbarrow, was a schoolteacher. She identified herself only by her initials—N.B.—on the other side of the card. (It's possible, I suppose, that a schoolteacher might use N.B. as the abbreviation for the Latin phrase nota bene, but my guess is that these are the initials of her name.)

The message that N.B. wrote on the front of the card (to the left of the photo) has been erased, but enough of it remains that I was able to decipher it. Her written caption for the photo was: "On my way to school in my own private automobile. Ha. Ha."

Here's my transcription of N.B.'s message on the other side of the card:

Hello Floss, How are you spending these cold days? I enjoy teaching ever so much. Have 21 pupils.

Regards to Miss Thomas, Miss Patterson, Miss Stratton.

N.B. Sheb., Wis., c/o Mr. J. Kuemmet, R.#4.

Love to all the girls.

For some other double-exposure trick photos with wheelbarrows and wagons, see:

-- A Man Simultaneously Pushing and Riding a Wheelbarrow
-- A Man Pushing Himself on a Wheelbarrow
-- A Woman Pulling Herself on a Wagon
-- Girls Pulling Themselves on a Wagon

The Marietta Dancing Class, Second Sociable, Marietta, Pa., Feb. 22, 1887

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 27 May 2019 05:57:20 +0000

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A ticket or invitation for the "Second Sociable" held by the Marietta Dancing Class in Marietta, Pennsylvania, on February 22, 1887. I haven't been able to locate any information about the dancing class or Samuel B. Gramm's role as instructor. The date of February 22 suggests that the dance may have been a celebration for George Washington's Birthday.

The Marietta Dancing Class

S. B. Gramm, instructor,

Invite you to attend their Second Sociable,

on Tuesday evening, Feb'y 22d, 1887, at the Marietta Rink

Music by Taylor's Orchestra.

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:

Those Who Know Everything in General Know Nothing in Particular

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 02:25:08 +0000

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A reward of merit dated 1875. Unfortunately, the small but colorful chromolithographed scrap glued to the middle of the card isn't positioned correctly (take a look at a rotated version instead of craning your neck), but the elaborate design surrounding the scrap makes up for it.

The nineteenth-century "maxim" printed on the card reminds me of the modern quip about know-it-alls: "Those who think they know everything annoy those of us who do."

For another reward of merit printed by Colton, Zahm, & Roberts, see Look Up and Not Down.

Golden Maxim Reward

Those who know everything in general, know nothing in particular.

Colton, Zahm, & Roberts, New York.

Written on the back of the card: "1875, James M. Stoner."

Those Who Know Everything in General Know Nothing in Particular (Rotated)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 02:25:06 +0000

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A rotated view of this reward of merit provides a better--though still tilted--view of the chromolithographed scrap added in the middle

For the original, see Those Who Know Everything in General Know Nothing in Particular.

Reward of Merit Presented to Oliver K. Ott

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 01:57:50 +0000

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"Reward of Merit presented to Oliver K. Ott, by William C. Weiss, teacher. An honorable testimony of approbation for industry, punctuality, & good conduct."

Probably the same Oliver K. Ott (1860-1944) who's listed on Find A Grave.

Reward of Merit for Correct Deportment

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 17:43:21 +0000

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"Reward of Merit for Correct Deportment. To Martha E. D. Logan. From Mary E. Miller."