Laurel School

Title

Laurel School

Description

Black and white portrait of eight people, seven students and their teacher, in the back row, second from the left of the image. Museum records identify the teacher as Helen Austin. These students are likely those graduating from the school at this time. Laurel School was one of two which served the community of Laurel, south of Hillsboro on Highway 219. In 1933, the school's directors applied for government funding to install a gravity flow water system, as all water for the school had to that point been hauled by hand from a nearby well. The students shared a communal dipper for drinking from a water bucket. The water system installed by the Public Works Administration was still in use in the late 1970s.
[back] [pen] I believe this is the best proof of all the children, but I would like to have it made a little lighter if it is at all possible. Helen Austin

Date Created

9/29/1936

Medium

photographic prints

Language

English

Identifier

WCMpic_013019

Rights

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Type

Still Image

Collection