Female students work in a laboratory at the University of Oregon. They sit at wooden tables on wooden stools conducting experiments. The women are dressed in smocks or aprons. Pots raised on metal stands are being heated from below with Bunsen burners. One of the women looks through a microscope. Containers filled with unidentifed materials are visible on the table tops. Light fixtures and light bulbs hang from the ceiling of the room. In the background of the image a wooden box, cabinet, and metal ventilation device are visible.
An indoor portrait of two schoolgirls eating lunch at the Hadleyville school, located in Lane County, Oregon. The girls are seated on a wooden bench in a corner of the schoolroom. The girl on the right appears to be whispering to the other, as she leans toward her, holding her left hand over her mouth. She holds a sandwich in her right hand that rests on a metal pail located on her lap. The girl on the left of the image holds an unidentified object in her hands, which rests on a tin box with the words Dixie Queen Plug Cut Smoking Tobacco on its surface. Both girls wear dresses and lace-up boots. On the wall directly behind the girls is a blackboard with the week's lesson plan handwritten in chalk. At the base of the blackboard an eraser rests on a wooden ledge. At the right edge of the image is a partial view of a window.
Black and white image. A small group of young students sit at desks in a classroom at the Sears school. The desks are long and wooden and are supported with detailed ironwork . A female teacher wearing a long sleeved blouse and neckerchief is seated in front of the children. A stack of papers is visible on a desk in front of her. A wood-burning stove that's surrounded by a circular piece of metal is visible in the center of the image. A pipe extends from the top of the stove to the ceiling. Two long windows, one with a tattered cloth shade, line the wooden wall on the left side of the image. Pictures hang decorating the walls. A blackboard with writing on its surface spans the wall in the background. In front of the blackboard is a map that hangs on a stand, and a wooden table with books stacked on its surface. A partial view of a world map is visible at the left corner of the image. A wooden box, container of ink, book, and papers are visible on the surface of the desks in the foreground.
Black and white image. A group of students, varying in age, are seated inside a classroom gazing down at a book. Wooden desks surround a round wood-burning stove located in the middle of the room. A pipe that's attached to the adjacent wall extends from the top of the wood stove. Two small logs are on the wood floor next to the stove. Spanning the wall in the background is a blackboard. In front of this blackboard stands a male teacher dressed in a suit and tie. On the left side of the image is a partial view of a row of wooden benches. Also visible in the image are a bookcase windows covered with shades.
Black and white image. A view of a classroom interior, identified as the Le Bleu school, with students and a male teacher working through a lesson. Two boys stand, solving a math problem on a blackboard. Erasers sit on the wooden ledge of the blackboard. The boy on the left of the image is dressed in suspenders, long sleeved shirt, trousers, and boots. The teacher has a thick mustache and sits at a wooden desk. He is dressed in a suit and necktie. On the surface of the desk are books and a bell with a handle. Students are seated in bench-style desks and hold an open book in their hands. Also visible in the image is a wooden floor, paper, and two pictures that hang on the wall.
Black and white image. A classroom full of male and female students working in a laboratory at the University of Oregon. The classroom is a science laboratory, which has long table tops that are covered with scientific equipment. This equipment includes beakers, Bunsen burners, test tubes, and equipment stands. On the surface of the table in the center of the image are large containers holding powdered substances. Many of the students have an apron over their garments. Dried plants line a wall and are in containers on top of a cabinent in the background. Pictures hang on the rear wall of the classroom. Multiple large windows line the right edge of the image. Chairs, stools, paper, books, shelves, rags, and light fixtures are also visible in the image.
Black and white image. A close-up of a male student at the University of Oregon conducting an experiment in a classroom. He leans toward the counter where he holds an unidentified object. He is dressed in a long sleeved shirt with rolled-up sleeves and wears an apron over his clothes. On the counter in front of him is a glass beaker set atop a metal stand. Two tubes extend from the top of the beaker. One tube empties into a test tube and the other extends upward from the beaker and is capped with a small funnel. Also visible on the table is a rag and a shelf with glass containers. Three students, one female and two males, stand out-of-focus in the background. Visible on the back wall is a doorway, picture, and a shelf that contains two rows of glass containers.
Black and white image. Young students seated at benches and desks face a female teacher who stands at a wooden podium at the Latham school located in Lane County, Oregon. The walls of the classroom are built of wood and have a clock, picture, and blackboard attached to their surfaces. Written in chalk on the surface of the blackboard are students' names and the words, Latham School Feb. 1, 1912. On the right side of the image at the front of the classroom is what appears to be a piano with a music sheet holder. On the left edge of the images is a wood-burning stove with a pipe extending upwards from it surface and a circular piece of metal that surrounds the base of the stove.
