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Description: Black and white image. The image displays University of Oregon students who were conducting some type of science experiment with light. A young man seated in a chair with his legs crossed, hands folded, and eyes closed is illuminated by an unseen light source. The interior appears to be located in a basement. He is dressed in a suit with a patterned tie. Directly behind him a kneeling individual holds their hands on either side of the seated man's face. A cracked concrete wall fills the left side of the image. On this wall is a vent lined with bars. A stack of cut wood is visible in the background of the image.

Description: Black and white photograph of a young student stands in the interior of the Black Butte school located in Lane County, Oregon. The boy is dressed in a hat with brim, button-up shirt, jacket with collar, striped trousers with patches on their surface, and lace-up boots. He rests his right hand on a wooden table top. On the surface of this table is a metal pail, plate, cup, and a metal liquid container with spout. Hanging on the wall above this table is a cup. On the left side of the image hangs a wool coat. Next to the coat is a broom with a wooden handle. In the lower left corner of the image is a partial view of a metal pail.

Description: A young child seated on a bed holds an unidentified object. The toddler is dressed in a knitted sweater, dress, and shoes. The surface of the bed is covered with a blanket that has abstract patterns on its surface. Visible behind the child is a pillow with floral designs on its surface. At the right edge of the image is a window with a wooden ledge. Trees are visible through the window. On the wall in the background is a window that is framed in wood.

Description: 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.

Description: Black and white image of young children seated in a row of wooden desks inside a classroom interior located in Camas Swale, Oregon. Three boys are seated on a wooden bench in front of a wall. On this wall hangs a large map of the United States and sections of Canada and Mexico. A woman wearing eyeglasses and a long-sleeved blouse stands next to the wall in the background. Mounted on the wall near the corner of the room is an image of what appears to be a woman. On the right edge of the image is a partial view of a window. Many of the young girls have bows in their hair. The boys are dressed in trousers with vests, or jackets with lapels. The walls and floor of the classroom are wooden.

Description: Black and white image. Young students seated at wooden desks inside a classroom interior that's located in Creswell, Oregon. Ten students and a female teacher stand in a row against the back wall of the room. Mounted to the back wall are rows of papers, above which are three large windows framed in wood. The floor of the interior is composed of long planks of wood. The females are dressed in dresses and their hair is contained in braids or buns. The males are dressed in jackets with wide lapels and they wear button-up shirts.

Description: Black and white image. Ten women dressed in white blouses and long skirts hold a banner that reads, Walker. They stand in a classroom in front of a blackboard with a banner hanging from its surface that reads, Standard School. The abbreviated school year 1912 and 1913 is also visible on the banner, which appears to be made of fabric. The women stand in front of a wooden desk, which supports a vase with flowers and a row of books. Partially visible in the foreground is a wooden desk with an object on its surface that may be a candlestick.

Description: Black and white image. Young students are seated in rows at long wooden desks inside the Dorena School, located in the town of Dorena, in Lane County, Oregon. The desks have ironwork supports. A female teacher stands behind the students; she is dressed in a long sleeved shirt and long skirt. Her hair is braided and secured in a bow on the side of her head. The walls of the classroom are made of wood and decorated with plants and a picture. Blackboards with wooden ledges are secured to the walls. A tall window covered with a sheer curtain is visible next to the blackboards. An oil lamp hangs from the ceiling. In the backgound a wooden door is visible. Some of the students faces are blurred from movement while the photograph was being taken.

Description: Black and white image of young students seated at desks inside the Blue Mountain schoolhouse, located in Lane County, Oregon. The children are seated at long wooden desks that have detailed ironwork on their legs. The room's wooden interior is decorated with a large American flag, and a world map. Flowers in container sit on a desk in the foreground and on top of a wood-burning stove in the center of the room. A metal pipe extends from the top of the stove to the ceiling. In the background four children sit on a wooden bench and face the camera; the bench faces a female teacher that sits at a wooden desk. Behind the teacher is a blackboard. Also visible in the image is a cabinet with glass doors, books, a satchel, and three tall windows.

Description: Black and white image. An interior view of a classroom that is decorated for a fair. Blackboards line the wall with handwriting on the surface. The words Welcome to our fair are visible on a section of the blackboard. Children's drawings and fern leaves hang on the top edges of the blackboard. In front of the blackboard sits a wooden teacher's desk that has papers and two plates with food on its surface. Also visible on this desk is a round vegetable with a carved face that is topped with a pointed hat and has pleated material for a body. Next to this desk is a woven basket. The desk sits upon a rug with abstract patterns on its surface. In the foreground of the image are wooden desks with iron supports. On the surface of the desks are three large squash.

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