Photo of a group of what are probably high school students sitting on bleachers, with their teachers. See WCMpic_013050, WCMpic_013051, and WCMpic_013052 for other images from this same school and year.
Photo of a group of what are probably high school students sitting on bleachers, with their teachers. See WCMpic_013050, WCMpic_013051, and WCMpic_013053 for other images from this same school and year.
Photo of a group of what are probably high school students sitting on bleachers. See WCMpic_013053, WCMpic_013051, and WCMpic_013052 for other images from this same school and year.
Black and white image of a Hillsboro High School Junior class play. Museum records do not give a specific date for this photo, but it is most likely taken during the 1930s. The calendar in the play reads 1932. One cast member wears blackface, while two other cast member stand near an old fashioned broadcast microphone.
Black and white image of a large group of high school students gathered on the steps of their school. Hillsboro High School, built in 1928, served as the high school until 1969, when it became J. B. Thomas Middle School. The oldest high school in the county, Hillsboro High School graduated its first class in 1911. The Hillsboro School district had 1300 students registered during the 1936-1937 school year, of which approximately half were of the right age to be in high school. One hundred of those were nineteen-year-olds, 53 boys and 39 girls. Museum records date this image and WCMpic_013047 both as being taken on January 28, 1936, though it is doubtful that both were taken on the same day.
Black and white image of about one dozen students standing outside their school. Greenville was once located between Banks and Forest Grove. The school was built in the late 1880s, but is no longer in service. In the 1937-1938 school year, seventy students were registered in the district. The teacher for this school is identified in museum records as Miss Ester Rieling, and can be seen in the back row on the right side of the image. See WCMpic_013039 and WCMpic_013040 for other images of students from this school. All of the images are dated October 5, 1936 in museum records, though there is no means at this time to determine which photograph was actually taken on that date.
Black and white image of about one dozen students standing outside their school. One boy holds a football in his arm. Greenville was once located between Banks and Forest Grove. The school was built in the late 1880s, but is no longer in service. In the 1937-1938 school year, seventy students were registered in the district. The teacher for this school is identified in museum records as Miss Ester Rieling. Most likely the dark-haired woman in this picture is one of the students and not the teacher. See WCMpic_013040 and WCMpic_013042 for other images of students from this school. All of the images are dated October 5, 1936 in museum records, though there is no means at this time to determine which photograph was actually taken on that date.
Black and white image of a group of school children arranged outside their school building at Rock Creek for a photo. Their teacher is identified in museum records as Mr. Schildt. This building was constructed in 1911, and the original bell for this school is on permanent exhibit at the Washington County Museum.
Black and white image of a students in the yard near their schoolhouse. Shadybrook School was north of North Plains; the building still exists today but has been remodeled into a private residence. Thirty-six students would have attended this school at one time or another in the mid-1930s.
Sepia-toned image of school children standing in front of and on the porch of their school building with their instructor, Mr. Vanhoon. Scoggins Valley is mostly underwater today as a result of the Scoggins Dam and Hagg Lake. Any buildings which were left at the time the valley was flooded were either removed prior to the dam's construction.
Sepia-toned image of a group of children standing on the steps of a one-room schoolhouse. Springhill School was located where Vandehey and Springhill Roads intersect, in the foothills south of Forest Grove. Forty six students are listed on the register for the year, but as was usual for many rural schools, students attended as their family's needs permitted. Their teacher is identified in museum records as Miss Halsch.
Sepia-toned image of a group of students standing on the front steps of their school with their teacher, Mr. Kalsch. Fernhill school was located south of Forest Grove and Cornelius, and listed 40 students for this school year, 1936-1937. There were many reasons students would not attend throughout the year, especially children of farm families, as most of the students here no doubt were. Compulsory laws at this time required students to complete elementary school, which generally included 1st through 8th grades.
Sepia-toned image of a group of school children standing on the steps of their school. Laurel School opened in the early 1900s, and then merged with the nearby community of Farmington in the mid-1950s. Laurel is located in the southern Tualatin Valley, in the foothills of the Chehalem Mountains. These students would have lived close enough to Laurel that they were able to walk to school, as there was no bus system at that time. Many of the small schools in the area were founded just for that reason, to provide an opportunity to children who had no means of transportation to any other school. The teacher at this time is identified in museum records as Helen Austin.
Sepia-toned image of a group of school children gathered in front of their school. Mountaindale was located northwest of what is now North Plains, and the school was founded in 1868. The building in this image was built in 1885, and in use until 1953, when the district was folded into the North Plains [then Glencoe] District. Fifty different students were listed as attending at some point during the 1937-1938 school year, though only about half that many appear in this image. Their teacher was identified only as 'Sooker.' See WCMpic_013012 for another image of the students from this school, also taken in the mid-1930s.
Sepia-toned image of a group of school children gathered in front of their school. Mountaindale was located northwest of what is now North Plains, and the school was founded in 1868. The building in this image was built in 1885, and in use until 1953, when the district was folded into the North Plains [then Glencoe] District. There is no specific date given for this photo in museum records, only that it was taken in the 'mid-1930s.' The teacher was identified only as 'Sooker.' See WCMpic_013012 for another image of this school, dated 1937.
Sepia-toned image of four young women and four young men standing in a row. Museum records identify this group as a graduating class and their teacher as Miss Willis, but no further information is given.
Black and white image of a group of school children seated on or standing behind a bench in front of a vine covered porch. A teacher stands behind them. Museum records identify this group as students at Glenwood School and their teacher as T. E. Crocker. Glenwood was close to Timber, Oregon. As was usual for many of these smaller, rural schools, the ages of the students ranged from five to nineteen years of age. Sixteen students were registered at Glenwood throughout the 1937-1938 school year. See WCMpic_012990 for a picture of another class at Glenwood.
Photo of a group of what are probably high school students sitting on bleachers, with their teachers. See WCMpic_013050, WCMpic_013052, and WCMpic_013052 for other images from this same school and year.
Black and white image of a large group of high school students gathered on the steps of their school. Hillsboro High School, built in 1928, served as the high school until 1969, when it became J. B. Thomas Middle School. The oldest high school in the county, Hillsboro High School graduated its first class in 1911. In the 1936-1937 school year the Hillsboro School district had 1300 students, of which approximately half were of the right age to be in high school. One hundred of those were nineteen-year-olds, 53 boys and 39 girls. Museum records date this image and WCMpic_013046 both as being taken on January 28, 1936, though it is doubtful that both were taken on the same day.
Black and white image of about one dozen students standing outside their school. Greenville was once located between Banks and Forest Grove. The school was built in the late 1880s, but is no longer in service. In the 1937-1938 school year, seventy students were registered in the district. The teacher for this school is identified in museum records as Miss Ester Rieling, and can be seen in the back row, fourth from the left side of the image. See WCMpic_013039 and WCMpic_013042 for other images of students from this school. All of the images are dated October 5, 1936 in museum records, though there is no means at this time to determine which photograph was actually taken on that date.
Black and white image of a group of students standing outside of their school with their instructor, identified in museum records as Reverend Nitz. One young woman at the left side of the picture wears pants, a still unusual clothing choice for girls of this era. The town of Schefflin, for which the Cornelius-Schefflin Road is named, was a small crossing town, used by the Tillamook Railroad. The original founders were brothers, Effingham and Albert Schieffelin, in the 1890s. Sadly, their community did not fare as well as the one founded by their brother, Edward, today known as Tombstone, Arizona.
Sepia-toned image of a group of students standing on the front steps of their school with their teacher, Mr. Kalsch. Fernhill school was located south of Forest Grove and Cornelius, and listed 46 students for this school year, 1937-1938. There were many reasons students would not attend throughout the year, especially children of farm families, as most of the students here no doubt were. Compulsory laws at this time required students to complete elementary school, which generally included 1st through 8th grades.
Black and white image of a group of students in front of a large, two-story building. Almost all wear uniforms; the girls wear skirts, light colored shirts, and dark scarves. The boys wear suits or sweaters over light-colored shirts with ties. Laurelwood Academy was a private school run by the Seventh Day Adventist church. Founded in 1904, the school closed in 1988 due to lack of enrollment.
Black and white image of a group of students gathered outside of a school building with their teacher. Identified in museum records as the school at Roy, Oregon, this is most likely St. Francis School, associated with the Saint Francis parish. The church in Roy was an offshoot of the church in Verboort, Oregon, where most of the families in the area went to church until the early 1900s, when Roy gained enough population to support its own parishes. As of 2012, the school was still in operation. See WCMpic_013035 and WCMpic_013037 for other images of this school during this time period. All three photos are dated May 22, 1938, though there is no way to determine which photo was actually taken on that date.