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The School at Work
1933
Glady Hofseth, the teacher at Eagle Corners School, sits with a small group of students at the front of the classroom while the other students work at their desks. There is a large stove in the bac...
Unidentified Rural Schoolhouse
View from front of room of teacher and students in classroom of one room schoolhouse. There is a large stove on the right, and the teacher stands behind the students posing at their desks.
Gladys Hofseth
1933
The teacher at Eagle Corners School, District No. 3, Township of Eagle, Gladys Hofseth, poses in front of the school. She is wearing a polka dot dress.
School Picnic
May 14, 1931
Students from the Eagle Corners School, District No. 3, Township of Eagle, roast marshmallows over a fire at Barett's Hill (spelled Barrett's on the reverse of the photograph.)
Irene Mervin
1933
Irene Mervin, a 12-year-old student at Eagle Corners School, poses with a baseball bat in front of a large tree. On the reverse of the photograph is written "Irene is very good natured."
Students at Their Desks
1933
Students sitting at their desks with their books open at Potter School, District No. 3. Magazines and newspapers hang on a line strung against the back wall.
