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Public Schools Athletic League: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 23 May 1912 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
I went to School
But was not wiser
Globe did not teach it
Nor Logarithm Show
“How to forget”!
Say — some — Philosopher!
Ah, to be erudite
Enough to know!
But was not wiser
Globe did not teach it
Nor Logarithm Show
“How to forget”!
Say — some — Philosopher!
Ah, to be erudite
Enough to know!
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from "Knows how to forget!", 1862 (?)
Public Schools Athletic League -- Central Park: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 23 May 1912 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Central Park -- Maypoles -- Public Schools Athletic League celebration: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 23 May 1912 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Midsummer Day Festival of the girls of Washington Irving High School, Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 23 June 1911 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Krakoviak dance. Photo shows girls from the Washington Irving High Schools, New York City, doing a Krakowiak dance from Krakow, Poland, at the Midsummer Day Festival which was held at Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 23 June 1911 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Pass-ball relay. Midsummer Day Festival of the girls of Washington Irving High School, Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 23 June 1911 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Carrying out a girl who fainted, pass-ball relay. Midsummer Day Festival of the girls of Washington Irving High School, Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 23 June 1911 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Rings and poles. Midsummer Day Festival of the girls of Washington Irving High School, Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 23 June 1911 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Deaf school children -- dancing: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, between 1910 and 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Chinese school children -- Central Park: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, between 1910 and 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Field Day -- B[rook]lyn Public Schools. ["Two Thousand Children in Various Athletic Exercises"]: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 19 August 1913 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Ring-toss race -- Brooklyn Public School Children's Field Day: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 19 August 1913 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Wheelbarrow race -- Brooklyn Public School Children's Field Day: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 19 August 1913 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
End of 100 yard final, Brooklyn Public School Children's Field Day: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 19 August 1913 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Brooklyn Public School Children's Field Day: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 19 August 1913 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Brooklyn Public School Children's Field Day: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 19 August 1913 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Italian pupils -- New York schools: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, between 1910 and 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
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Italian pupil -- New York school. ["Everytime I see an old picture like this I wonder what ever happened to the person. How was his life, where did he live, how old did he become? What's his story? We will never know..." -- Siebbi]: photographer unknown for Bain News Service,between 1910 and 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Italians -- New York schools: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, between 1910 and 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Jewish pupil -- New York school. [""Love his expression -- verge of a laugh? trying to stay still for the camera? But even more compelling is how his hat is a little too big for him." -- antiquerain]: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, between 1910 and 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Children Planting in Thomas Jefferson Park, New York City. ["A children’s farm garden, one of many which flourished in parks in the first half of the 20th century, opened on May 20, 1911 with 1008 plots for children to grow flowers and vegetables. Designed as a place of respite for child laborers, the farm garden later hosted nature study classes and, during the World Wars, provided a lesson in self-sufficiency for local children...This view is looking from the East River, maybe from a recreational pier that was about there in the river, northwest across Jefferson Park to the corner of 113th St. and Pleasant Avenue." -- Art Siegel]: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, c. 20 May 1911 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Farm for school children, New York City: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, c. 20 May 1911 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Carlisle School -- printing shop. (United States Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania]: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, between 1910 and 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
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Carlisle School -- tin shop. (United States Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania] ["Pretty likely a shot of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. 'The so-called “noble experiment” was a failed attempt to forcibly assimilate Native American children into the culture of the United States. The United States Army War College now occupies the site of the former school.'" -- Randy Reiss]: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, between 1910 and 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
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Lincoln Agricultural School for Boys, Lincolndale, New York.Photo shows the Lincoln Agricultural School for Boys, a Catholic charity opened in 1912 for training orphans.On negative: [E]very cow is credited with the amount of milk [it produc]es. ["Lincolndale Agricultural School for Boys was a Catholic charity run under a Brother Barnabas, opened in 1912 for selected orphans to be trained for agricultural and industrial work. On 9 March 1913, Brother Barnabas was quoted in the New York Times, [speaking] at a conference on vocational schools... against profit-making in such institutions, saying "It is a step backwards when we take those who are not able to support themselves and make them support us. Surely if they are able to support others they are able to go out into the community where they can work for themselves. The minute that a boy is self-supporting his place is in society and in a good home." -- pennyrichardsca (now at ipernity)]: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, sometime in 1913 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
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Carlisle School -- tin shop. (United States Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania] ["Pretty likely a shot of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. 'The so-called “noble experiment” was a failed attempt to forcibly assimilate Native American children into the culture of the United States. The United States Army War College now occupies the site of the former school.'" -- Randy Reiss]: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, between 1910 and 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Lincoln Agricultural School for Boys, Lincolndale, New York.Photo shows the Lincoln Agricultural School for Boys, a Catholic charity opened in 1912 for training orphans.On negative: [E]very cow is credited with the amount of milk [it produc]es. ["Lincolndale Agricultural School for Boys was a Catholic charity run under a Brother Barnabas, opened in 1912 for selected orphans to be trained for agricultural and industrial work. On 9 March 1913, Brother Barnabas was quoted in the New York Times, [speaking] at a conference on vocational schools... against profit-making in such institutions, saying "It is a step backwards when we take those who are not able to support themselves and make them support us. Surely if they are able to support others they are able to go out into the community where they can work for themselves. The minute that a boy is self-supporting his place is in society and in a good home." -- pennyrichardsca (now at ipernity)]: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, sometime in 1913 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Commissary school class for cooks, U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, between 1910 and 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
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Scrub and wash clothes, U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island. ["As much as I love photography, I also hate it because we'll never get images like this again. People now are exposed to images of others and have become completely self-conscious and self-aware because of it. Most of these boys had probably only seen a handful of photos at this point. There's still such an easiness in front of the camera - they don't know that they "should" look a certain way. They just look the way they look and people accept them for it. There are a few looking at the camera, but I think it's more out of curiosity than anything else - maybe a feeling of "I can't believe someone's making a picture of me."-- Horse N. Buggy]: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, c. 1910 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress): photographer unknown for Bain News Service, between 1910 and 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
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Class room, U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, between 1910 and 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
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Physical training exercises, U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, between 1910 and 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Scrub and wash clothes, U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island. ["As much as I love photography, I also hate it because we'll never get images like this again. People now are exposed to images of others and have become completely self-conscious and self-aware because of it. Most of these boys had probably only seen a handful of photos at this point. There's still such an easiness in front of the camera - they don't know that they "should" look a certain way. They just look the way they look and people accept them for it. There are a few looking at the camera, but I think it's more out of curiosity than anything else - maybe a feeling of "I can't believe someone's making a picture of me."-- Horse N. Buggy]: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, c. 1910 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress): photographer unknown for Bain News Service, between 1910 and 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Class room, U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, between 1910 and 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Physical training exercises, U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, between 1910 and 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Dr. Hartman's Sunday School Method: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, between 1910 and 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Model of a $10,000 Sunday School by Dr. Hartman: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, between 1910 and 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Raja Yoga Sunbeams, a group of children of the Raja Yoga Academy, San Diego, California: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, between 1910 and 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Roof, Lenox Hill Settlement, New York City: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, c. 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Chinese pupils -- New York school. ["This is likely a view of Mott Street, in the Lower East Side of Manhattan... The New York Chinese School was at 64 Mott Street -- just down the block -- as of 1929." -- Michael Deddino]: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 8 September 1913 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Chinese pupils -- New York school: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 8 September 1913 [?](George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
New York schools -- opening: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 8 September 1913 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
New York schools -- opening: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 8 September 1913 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
New York schools -- opening: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 8 September 1913 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
New York schools -- opening: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 8 September 1913 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Opening of schools, New York City: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 8 September 1913 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
Opening of schools, New York City: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, 8 September 1913 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
New York City playground: photographer unknown for Bain News Service, between 1910 and 1915 (George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress)