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School Children Eating
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Three girls serving cups of food and bread to children seated at their desks in a Cook County, District 137 classroom. The activity may have been part of the "Cook County School-Home Project."
1919
International Harvester Company
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Student Testing Corn
1917
A boy at Mount Prospect High School testing corn as part of the Cook County School Home Project.
Students Preparing Lunch in Classroom
1919
Students sit at desks inside Sedan Prairie School while others stand in the back of the classroom to prepare lunch. The poster hanging on the back wall reads, "Agricultural Lecture Charts. A Good H...
Demonstration on Rope Tying
1919
Rope tying demonstration for a group of rural school teachers. Original caption reads: "County Supt. Tobin, Country Life Director, and rural school teachers of Cook county, perfect their knowledge ...
Prize Winner Seated at Piano
1919
Portrait of a young woman, the prize winner of the Cook County school-home project in music, sitting at a piano.
Students Sitting at Desks
1919
View from front of a classroom of students sitting at their desks in the Sedan Prairie School. A large round woodstove is in the back right corner of the room.
Woman Operating Cream Separator
November 1919
Mrs. Robert Viall operating a belt-driven cream separator. The separator is powered by an International engine.
