Black and white image. A group of people, varying in age, stand in a classroom holding a fabric banner. The school is identified as the Hoselton school. The banner that the women hold reads, Standard School, and the abbreviated years 1912 and 1913. Behind the group of people is a blackboard that spans the back wall with words written in chalk on its surface. Written on the blackboard are the words, School district #105. Pictures mounted to paper hang on the wall above the blackboard. A piece of paper attached to the wall beneath a metal pipe near the ceiling reads, in part, Requirements for a standard school. In the foreground of the image are wooden desks with detailed ironwork. Also visible in the image are containers of ink, paper, pencils, potted plant, wooden bench, wood floor, and a rectangular metal container with a metal latch.
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 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.
Five young students seated at a table with books at the Trapp's private school in Lane County, Oregon. Two boys are dressed in striped long sleeved shirts and overalls. Three girls wear dresses and have their hair contained in braids. Behind the children stands a female teacher dressed in a long sleeved blouse and skirt. Visible on the wall in the background is a large map of the United States. The table is covered with a tablecloth that has a leaf pattern on its surface. Visible on the surface of the table is a wooden box and a glass filled with liquid.