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Planting of trees, Arbor Day, N.Y. Public Schools, New York – Vintage Wall Art

Planting of trees, Arbor Day, N.Y. Public Schools, New York, 5/8/08. — historic photograph
Planting of trees, 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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This rare historic photograph captures Planting of trees, Arbor Day, N.Y. Public Schools, New York in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Schoolchildren planting trees in a New York City public school yard make this one of the more hopeful scenes in the Bain News Service files. The record dates it to May 8, 1908, a time when Arbor Day, first observed in Nebraska in 1872 at the urging of J. Sterling Morton, had become a fixture in American classrooms. Bain's staff recorded city news on glass plates like this one, and the picture shows how schools tried to bring greenery and civic lessons into crowded urban neighborhoods. The title comes from unverified caption data, so the exact school and location remain unconfirmed.

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 scan5,772 × 4,222 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-BNN-1629

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