Visual Learning Project

Throughout the Ages - Education

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*School Building and Playground, circa 1900. A school building in Tribes Hill, New York, with students playing on the playground, circa 1900.

Education. Art Exhibit, circa 1900. A display of items made in clay modeling class at New York City Public School No. 147, circa 1900.

*Typical Classroom, circa 1940s. Students sitting at their desks in a large classroom, circa 1940s.

*Large Kindergarten Classroom, circa 1900. A large kindergarten classroom at School 24 in Rochester, New York, circa 1900.

*Kindergarten Class, circa 1900. A kindergarten class at New York City Public School #9 located at West End Avenue & 82nd Street, circa 1900.

*School Interior, circa 1900. Students sitting at their desks in a one-room schoolhouse near Princetown, New York, circa 1900.

Boys' Roof Garden, circa 1900. Boys exercising on the roof of New York City's Public School No. 1, circa 1900.

*Art Class, circa 1900. A teacher instructs a class of boys in clay modeling in New York City Public School No. 147, circa 1900.

*Boys' Gymnasium, circa 1900. Boys’ gymnasium in New York City Public School No. 147, circa 1900.

Carpentry Class 1, circa 1900. A carpentry class at New York City Public School School No. 2, circa 1900.

Girls' Roof Garden, circa 1900. Girls exercising on the roof of New York City's Public School No. 1, circa 1900.

Carpentry Class 2, circa 1900. A class of boys makes toys in a manual training class at New York City Public School No. 1, circa 1900.

Cooking Class, circa 1900. A cooking class in New York City Public School No. 1, circa 1900.

Boys' Sketch Class in Central Park, circa 1900. Boys sitting in Central Park for their sketching class, circa 1900.

Students at a Museum, circa 1900. High school students exploring the Fossil Mammal Hall at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, circa 1900.

*Children with Plants for Memorial Day, 1903. Schoolchildren with plants raised in the classroom for decorating soldiers' graves on Memorial Day, Fairview Garden School, Yonkers, New York, May 1903.

*Boys Ready to Work in School Gardens, 1904. A crowd of boys ready for work, each with a hoe or a rake, at Fairview Garden School, Yonkers, New York, May 1904.

*School Greenhouse, 1912. A class of boys in a greenhouse at Fairview Garden School, Yonkers, New York, February 1912.

*Dog Days and Dripping Poster, circa 1900. A poster that gave schools information about temperature and humidity and its effect on children, circa 1900.

*Poster Comparing Window Cleaning, circa 1900. A poster that compares dirty windows to clean windows and suggests that dirty windows may have an effect on student eyesight, circa 1900.

*School Bus, 1915. A school bus from Slingerlands unloading students at Albany High School in Albany, New York, 1915.

*School Wagon. A school wagon, New York.