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Helen van Hagen, Class orator, Arbor Day, N.Y. Public Schools, New York – Vintage Wall Art

Helen van Hagen, Class orator, Arbor Day, N.Y. Public Schools, New York, 5/8/08. — historic photograph
Helen van Hagen, Class orator, Arbor Day, N.Y. Public Schools, New York, 5/8/08.. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Helen van Hagen, Class orator, Arbor Day, N.Y. Public Schools, New York, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Helen van Hagen, Class orator, Arbor Day, N.Y. Public Schools, New York

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Helen van Hagen, a student chosen as class orator, is the figure this picture singles out at an Arbor Day observance in New York City public schools. The record dates it to May 8, 1908, during the years when George Grantham Bain's news agency was photographing the city's events on glass negatives. Arbor Day, begun in Nebraska in 1872, had spread through American schools as a day for planting trees and delivering speeches on conservation. The title comes from caption data supplied by the Bain News Service that has not been independently verified.

Created / published5/8/08.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesForms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded.
SourceLibrary of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
Original scan5,798 × 4,217 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-BNN-1627

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