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1892 Album of Schools for the Columbian Exposition
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Cabot School, 1892
A four-room school house at 32 Marion St. that opened in April 1888 and is no longer standing. When the school on Harvard and Pleasant streets was closed for the 1888 widening of Beacon St., the students moved to the Cabot School. The house at 44 Marion St. is under construction on the right, still standing.
Page 1, plate 7276. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Cabot School, Kindergarten, 1892
A four-room school house at 32 Marion St. that opened in April 1888 and is no longer standing. When the school on Harvard and Pleasant streets was closed for the 1888 widening of Beacon St., the students moved to the Cabot School. For the 1891-1892 school session the principle was Lillian M. Watton and the kindergarten teachers were Annie P. Burgess and Florence Hersey.
Page 2, plate 7277. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Cabot School, First Grade, 1892
A four-room school house at 32 Marion St. that opened in April 1888 and is no longer standing. When the school on Harvard and Pleasant streets was closed for the 1888 widening of Beacon St., the students moved to the Cabot School. For the 1891-1892 school session the principle was Lillian M. Watton and the first-grade teachers were Annie M. Osgood, Helen F. Wetherbee, and Mary E. Kingsbury.
Page 3, plate 7278. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Heath School, Cooking Class, 1892
Page 12, plate 7286. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Heath School, Ninth Grade, June 1, 1892
On the side blackboard, the poem “Jack in the Pulpit” by Clara Smith is written. On the rear black board, the opening lines of the poem “Jack in the Pulpit” by John Greenleaf Whittier are written.
Page 13, plate 7287. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Robert Winthrop School, 1892
From left to right:
- The house of Hugh Murray at 100 Pearl St.
- Feeder station hydrant used to fill street-watering wagons.
- School, 599 Brookline Ave., the building is still standing.
- The bridge over the railroad tracks on Aspinwall Ave.
Page 4, plate 7279. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Robert Winthrop School, Kindergarten, 1892
599 Brookline Ave., building still standing. Kindergarten teachers for the 1891-1892 school session were Adeline T. Joyce and Catherine Wentworth.
Page 5, plate 7280. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Robert Winthrop School, Second Grade, 1892
599 Brookline Ave., building still standing.
Page 6, plate 7281. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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High School, Drawing Class, 1892
Page 27, plate 7301. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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High School, History Room, 1892
Page 28, plate 7302. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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High School, Chorus and Orchestra, June 2, 1892
Page 29, plate 7303. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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High School, Physical Laboratory, 1892
Page 30, plate 7304. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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High School, Military Drill, 1892
The group is lined up on the south side of the Pierce Grammar School on Prospect St. In the rear left is the high school.
Page 31, plate 7305. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Parsons School, First Grade, 1892
Walter Ave. in neighborhood formerly known as "The Farm" that was later razed and replace by the Brook House development.
Page 10, plate 7284. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Union Building, Kindergarten Class, 1892
The Union Building, located at the corner of High and Walnut streets, was razed in 1961 for public housing.
Page 11, plate 7285. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Pierce Grammar School, Kindergarten, 1892
Page 14, plate 7288. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Pierce Grammar School, Third Grade, 1892
Page 15, plate 7289. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Pierce Grammar School, Fifth Grade, 1892
Page 16, plate 7290. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Pierce Grammar School, Sixth Grade, 1892
Page 17, plate 7291. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Pierce Grammar School, Seventh Grade, 1892
Page 18, plate 7292. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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