Photograph
Burning of German Textbooks
| "Here lies the remains of German in B.H.S." is written on the pavement next to a smoldering pile of German textbooks. A car is parked along the curb in the background. |
| Image ID: | 3455 |
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| Creation Date: | 06 13 1918 |
| Creator Name: | Trimpey, Ephraim Burt |
| City: | Baraboo |
| County: | Sauk |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Trimpey, Ephraim Burt : Photographs, circa 1910-1940 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 392 |
| Original Dimensions: | 7 x 5 inches |
| The textbooks were burned in protest against the difficult German sequence, or courses in German language, literature and culture, taught at Baraboo High School by Miss Christian Wright. The board of education had previously unanimously voted to discontinue the courses. Although anti-German sentiment related to World War I may have influenced the board's decision, the book-burning was not a political act so much as a senior class prank. |
| Outdoor photography |
| Automobiles |
| Streets |
| Fires |
| High schools |
| Sidewalks |
| Books |
| Cities and towns |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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