File:Classes of South School, opening day, September 2, 1889 - DPLA - c10b17e79673c77f796eae0c330ab988.jpg

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Classes of South School, opening day, September 2, 1889 (

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Classes of South School, opening day, September 2, 1889

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Transcribed from photograph: "Seattle Portraits. Group. Classes of South School, opening day, Sept. 2, 1889. Identified on balcony: Thomas Burke, George Orth, Beckie Schoenfelt, Florence Stowell (Hubbart) teacher, Nellie, Mamie and Don Cowie, Herb Schoenfelt, Blanche Croffut, May Ryther, Alice Carey, Sarah Gottstein, Mamie Chamberlain, Lulu Fuller." Transcribed from back of photograph: “It was a “gala” day - and justified this picture of school, pupils and teachers, as they prepared to enter the new SOUTH SCHOOL for the first classes at the opening of the Fall term on the first Monday of September in 1889. This and the Central were the city's first brick schools. On the balcony are Thomas Burke, George Orth, Beckie Schoenfelt, teacher Florence Stowell, Nellie, Mamie and Don Cowie, Herb Schoenfelt, Blanche Croffut, May Ryther, Alice Carey, Sarah Gottstein, Mamie Chamberlain, Lulu Fuller, among others. This picture through the courtesy of the late Florence Stowell Hubbart.”

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Taken on 2 September 1889

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Seattle Public Library

	Location	Seattle , United States of America
	Coordinates	47° 36′ 24″ N, 122° 19′ 58″ W
	Established	1890
	Website	www.spl.org
	Authority file	: Q7442157 VIAF: 147059007 ISNI: 0000000107435179 LCCN: n50059684 NRHP: 82004253 GND: 4841883-3 WorldCat

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This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Seattle Public Library as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner Northwest Digital Heritage.

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DPLA identifier: c10b17e79673c77f796eae0c330ab988
Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_shp_22798

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