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Central School students photographed outside school, Renton, before 1900
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| Title | Central School students photographed outside school, Renton, before 1900 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1895 |
| Notes | Central School was built in 1892. It replaced a smaller school built in 1876 at the same site, Fifth between Wells and Main. It was a wooden, two story structure. 110 pupils attended on the first day. Older students studied on the second floor which, by 1911, could no longer accommodate them. Other schools were built around Renton, and Central School closed in 1922 [source of note: Morda C. Slauson. Renton: From Coal to Jets].
Photographer's reference number printed on image: 32.
Label typed beneath image: Old Central School, prior to 1900.
Handwritten on verso: About 1899-1900.
Label typed on verso: Some of the names, not in order: Jess Montayne, Janet Burnett (nee Adams), Al Erickson, Harry Erickson, Bert Custer, Ed Bunstine (Toots), Sara Stewart, Billie Adams, John Mitchell, Margaret Hardy, Ida Grady, Meredith Reese, Orrie Helliker, Ethel Helliker (nee Jane), Janet Graham, Myrtle Cavanaugh, Aaron Edward, Tom Nilligan.
Renton Historical Society has a 35 mm negative of the original print on file. |
| Subjects | School children--Washington (State)--Renton
Central School (Renton, Wash.)
Schools--Washington (State)--Renton
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| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Renton |
| Digital Collection | Renton Historical Museum Photograph Collection |
| Serial Number | 339 |
| Ordering Information | To order a copy of this photograph, please call (425) 255-2330 or email info@rentonhistory.org and mention the Serial Number. |
| Credit Line | Image 339, Courtesy of the Renton Historical Society, Renton. |
| Rights and Reproduction | Contact the Renton History Museum to obtain rights for reproduction and use. info@rentonhistory.org |
| Repository | Renton Historical Museum |
| Repository Collection | Al Erickson Collection |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 4 x 5 5/8 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | A photographic print was scanned as a 3000 pixel wide TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in width and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
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