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Leon Berman, Class orator on Arbor Day, N.Y. Public Schools, New York – Vintage Print

Leon Berman, Class orator on Arbor Day, N.Y. Public Schools, New York, 5/8/08. — historic photograph
Leon Berman, Class orator on 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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Leon Berman, Class orator on Arbor Day, N.Y. Public Schools, New York comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Leon Berman, Class orator on Arbor Day, N.Y. Public Schools, New York

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A student identified as Leon Berman, the class orator, is the focus of this 1908 record of an Arbor Day observance in New York City's public schools. Arbor Day, founded in Nebraska by J. Sterling Morton in 1872, had spread into school calendars across the country by the early twentieth century, when pupils were often asked to plant trees and deliver speeches on forestry and civic care. The image was made by the Bain News Service, a press photography agency whose glass negatives record New York street life and public events of the period. The title comes from unverified caption data, so the spelling of the name and the exact occasion should be read with that in mind.

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 scan5,766 × 4,216 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-BNN-1632

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