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.
