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| Title | Renton schoolhouse exterior showing students and teachers near front entrance, Renton, between 1871 and 1876 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1874 |
| Notes | First downtown grade school, built in 1871 at 3rd and Main. The school originally housed 12 pupils; by 1876 there were 82 pupils. [Renton Historical Society note].
The school was replaced by a larger school in 1876 [source of note: Morda C. Slauson. Renton: From Coal to Jets].
Pupils in photo include: Belle Uder, Ed Sutton, Albert Sutton, Mattie Thomson, Mary Ann Flynn, Kate Flynn, Nel Duncalf, Frank Rhodes [Renton Historical Society note].
Handwritten on verso: Renton school house; I am on the bottom steps --Belle Green.
Printed on verso: Mr. And Mrs. Jerome V. Faull.
Renton Historical Society has a 35 mm negative of the original print on file. |
| Subjects | School children--Washington (State)--Renton
Schools--Washington (State)--Renton
Teachers--Washington (State)--Renton
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| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Renton |
| Digital Collection | Renton Historical Museum Photograph Collection |
| Serial Number | 457 |
| 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 457, 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 | Renton Historical Museum Collection |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 2 5/8 x 4 1/4 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | A photographic print was scanned as a 3000 pixel wide TIFF image in 24-bit RGB, resized to 640 pixels in width and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
