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The two families
In an entrance to a barn a woman holds a young child, both looking down towards an older boy holding a shallow pan feeding a colt. Behind the colt, in a horse stall, is a horse with a feed bag on.
Old baywindow in Clifton Johnson house
Two boys, one sitting on a couple of cushions reading from a book in his lap while the other boy sits nearby listening. Several flower pots are on a chest in front of the window and some flowers are behind the boys. Two windows on the right have…
The skaters
Two boys putting on skates while on frozen pond on the meadow. Some trees and houses, belonging to Edward Johnson and Elliott Johnson, in the middleground and background.
A Christmas blackboard decoration
A boy stands on a chair drawing holly across the top of the blackboard with chalk in his right hand and an eraser in his left hand.
A dialog in a schoolhouse entertainment
Two boys wearing fake beards sit facing each other pretending they are warming their hands in a fireplace. A jug and a glass stand on a table in front of them. The building is the Hockanum schoolhouse.
The hard sum
Edith Barstow stands in front of the blackboard in the Hockanum schoolhouse looking at a math problem. The names Luther Barstow and Oscar Johnson are written in chalk on the top of the blackboard.
A recitation in costume
A boy, possibly Oscar Johnson, poses as the Farmer's Boy near the blackboard of the Hockanum schoolhouse with his hands in his pockets. He is wearing a straw hat, overalls over one shoulder, and a plaid shirt.
Decorating the schoolroom for Washington's birthday
Two girls, one standing on a step stool, hang up a banner in the Hockanum schoolhouse with Washington's name. American flags hang above, just out of shot. A third girl sits on a desk, watching. Numerous photographs and illustrations line the wall…
A class photograph
Students and their teacher, Miss Lawrence, stand in front of the Hockanum schoolhouse for a photograph. The students are identified as: Lillian Treadwell, Norman Barstow, Peggy Lyman, Warren Johnson, Eleanor Johnson, Henry Drozdal, Dotty Barstow,…
The geography class - two who know
Three children sit in rows in the Hockanum schoolhouse facing the front of the classroom and five children sit on a bench against the wall, all holding books, some torn up. A boy and a girl raise their hands. Two large windows let in light. Two of…
A game of tag
A group of children including Edith Barstow, W. Kiley, and Luther Barstow play tag around a large tree.
Doing math on the blackboard
A group of five students, three boys and two girls, stand by the blackboard in the Hockanum schoolhouse doing math problems. One of the girls already finished and looks how others are doing. Two other students sit at their desks.
Multiplication is vexation
A girl, identified as Margaret Johnson Rutter, daughter of Clifton Johnson, stands by the blackboard of the Hockanum schoolhouse working out a math problem. She is in period dress.
The school at work
Students sit at their desks in the Hockanum schoolhouse, some reading, others writing. One student stands facing the wall.
In the schoolroom
Students sit reading at their desks in the Hockanum schoolhouse. The teacher, Anna McQueston Johnson, looks over the shoulder of a boy sitting in the last row. Illustrations line the back wall of the class. She is in period dress.