Photograph
Recess at a One-Room School
Children play on a playground while a teacher watches from the porch of a one-room schoolhouse. The school building is still located in Grant County, on Highway 61 about 2 1/2 miles south of Boscobel. |
Image ID: | 24502 |
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Creation Date: | 09 1939 |
Creator Name: | Vachon, John |
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County: | |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana photographs, 1939-1942 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | PH 3012 |
Original Dimensions: | unknown |
From 1936 to 1943, John Vachon traveled across America as part of the Farm Security Administration photography project, documenting the Great Depression. This image was included in "Wisconsin: Then and Now," published by UW Press in 2001, but was incorrectly identified as "(probably) Crawford County." |
School buildings |
One-room schools |
Student activities |
Students |
Teachers |
Children |
Children and adults |
Women |
Flags |
Outdoor recreation |
Play |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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