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Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
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Students Making Fly Trap
1913
Two boys construct fly traps in a Morton Grove School classroom.
Boys Constructing Fly Trap
1914
Two boys construct a fly trap. A boy holds mesh in place against a wooden box frame while another boy uses a hammer to nail it into place. They kneel in what appears to be an office or schoolroom, ...
Boys Making Fly Traps
1920
A group of boys at the Burton School construct wooden fly traps in a classroom.
School Boys Making the Frame of a Fly Trap
1913
Two boys at work indoors constructing the wooden frame of a fly trap at their school.
Boys Building Fly Traps
1915
Boys use various tools to make fly traps in a classroom. A man, probably their instructor, stands in the background in front of a chalkboard.
Boys Learning to Sew
1913
Boys learning to sew. Original caption reads: "Sewing Lesson for Boys of the 7th and 8th grades. These boys are learning how to sew on buttons."
