Photograph
School at Christmas
| The Briggs School is decorated for Christmas with colored chalk drawings of the Nativity story on the blackboards. The section shown depicts the Three Magi. Cut-out depictions of Santa Claus and Christmas trees, as well as a drawing of Santa's sleigh and reindeer, hang beneath the blackboard. There is a paper chain over the door. A book stand holds a large dictionary with other books on the shelf below. |
| Image ID: | 102615 |
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| Creation Date: | 12 1931 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | |
| County: | Walworth |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Wisconsin rural school survey records, 1931-1933 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 262.15c |
| Original Dimensions: | 3.5 x 2.5 inches |
| Selected for scanning from a collection of photographs submitted to the Rural Wisconsin School Survey. The teacher is identified as Mrs. Hoffman on the reverse of the photograph. |
| Doors |
| Drawing |
| Handicrafts |
| Classroom environment |
| One-room schools |
| Books |
| Christmas |
| Indoor photography |
| Signs and signboards |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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