Manchester High School, Iowa, 1913 – Historic Photograph Print
(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: Manchester High School, Iowa, 1913, preserved in this historic image. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Manchester High School, 1913
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Manchester High School, Iowa, 1913
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Manchester, the seat of Delaware County in northeastern Iowa, was in 1913 a farm-trade town whose fortunes rose and fell with the surrounding fields of corn, oats, and hogs. Farm prices had been strong through much of the decade, and many families in the county were able to pay for schooling beyond the grades, so a high school building like this one drew students from town and from the countryside around it. Schools of this kind were central to local pride, hosting commencement exercises, athletic contests, and literary societies that gave young people a public stage. Like most small Iowa towns of the period, Manchester depended on its merchants, churches, and rail and road links to the wider state, and its residents would have measured their town by the strength of its schools and the success of its harvest.
| Created / published | 1913 |
|---|---|
| Creator | hensley, e. r. (edwin r.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Iowa |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,148 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Manchester High School, 1913 |
| Reference | IA Manchester High School, 1913 |
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