California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

A group portrait of students and their teachers of La Dow School, 1896

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A group portrait of students and their teachers of La Dow School, 1896

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Photograph of a group portrait of students and their teachers of La Dow School, 1896. Three rows of children can be seen, showing the younger students seated in the front row and the older ones standing in the middle and back row. The two adult teachers are visible in the back row; directly behind them, a partially visible side of a house (building?) serves as the background. The back of the photoprint reads: "La Dow School - 1896 (corner of Normandie - formerly Rosedale Ave. - and W. Vernon) Aline Brown taught from Sept. 1895 to June 1896", "Front row seated: Bertha Oertly, Mary Lilliard, Mille Paukins, Elin Kirkgaard, Renie Parkins, Tammie Parkins, Lena Wildasin, Laura Lohwasser, Georgie McAnany, Godfrey Kirkgaard, Huxley Lilliard, Walter Lohwasser, Carl Nelson, Peter Mockenhaupt, Yost Luchsinger", "Second row standing: Elena Palma, Ida Seiler, Augustina Navarro, Cecelia Celaya, Rita Palma, Lillie Yeoger, Olsen, Olsen, Martha Lilliard, Clara Wildung, Tillie Mockenhaupt, Parkins, Soule Oertly, Charlie Shearer, Charlie List, Robert Seiler, John Luchsinger", "Back row standing: Fannie Luchsinger, Martha Stepham, Ellen Aerick, Augusta List, Annie Schlegel, Anna Pfenning, Florence Wildasin, Maggie Luchsinger, Louesa Wildasin, Anna Bollinger, May Aerich, Eddie Stephan, Arthur Stephan, Thomas Kerner, Albert Wildung, John Schlegel, Henry Aerick", "Teachers: Miss Aline Brown and Philip McAnany", and "Exact date of picture unknown, between Sept. 1895 and June, 1896."

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Title A group portrait of students and their teachers of La Dow School, 1896

Subject Brown, Aline (subject), educational facilities (adlf), La Dow School (subject), McAnany, Philip (subject), Portraits -- Group -- School (file heading), Schools (lcsh), Students (lcsh), Teachers (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Normandie and Vernon Avenues (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1896

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1896

Contributor Wildasin, Magdalena M. (donor)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13214

Identifier 42547 (accession number), CHS-42547 (call number), CHS-42547 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12725 (legacy record id), chs-m13214 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-13367 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12725

Unique identifier UC135534

Legacy Identifier CHS-42547.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.2 in × 13.8 in at 300dpi
51.3 cm × 35.1 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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