Iowa Hill School

Title

Iowa Hill School

Description

Sepia-toned image of a group of students standing outside of a log building with a woman. The gabled building is made of squared off logs with double-hung, paned windows, and sits in an open field on a hilltop surrounded by trees. The children are arranged in two rows, one sitting and one standing. Most are grammar school age; the girls wear dresses and most of the boys are in suits. The teacher stands at the far left of the back row, and wears a dress with puffed sleeves and a high neck, and her hair is worn up towards the front and top of her head.

[Front] [white print] Iowa Hill School. Miss Pollock teacher [sic]. [black pen] Iowa Hill School. Miss Flora Pollock (Teacher). [Back] [pencil] L and A. P. [ink] Miss Flora Pollock Teacher [sic]. Mr. John Puvogel. Farmington, Wash. Co. Ore. John Puvogel, Farmington, Washington Co., Oregon. [pencil] Ted Wilkins

Identifier

WCMpic_001308

Subject

Education, Rural

Rural schools

Middle school students

Photography of children

Women teachers

Women--Employment

Pollock, Flora

Puvogel, John

Wilkins, Ted

Education History

Genealogy & Family History

Local & State History

Social History

Work

Spatial Coverage

Iowa Hill, Oregon

Language

English

Date Created

circa 1890s

Date

1890/1899

Medium

card photographs

Rights

Online access to this image is for research and educational purposes only. To inquire about permissions, order a reproduction, or for more information, please contact the Five Oaks Museum at Research@FiveOaksMuseum.org.

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Type

Still Image

Source

Washington County Museum