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South Boston, Mass. Open-air school – Vintage Print

South Boston, Mass. Open-air school, [between 1900 and 1920] — historic photograph
South Boston, Mass. Open-air school, [between 1900 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Boston 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of South Boston, Mass. Open-air school. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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South Boston, Mass. Open-air school

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Open-air schools were a early twentieth-century response to the tuberculosis epidemic, and this print shows one in South Boston, where children spent their school day outdoors regardless of the weather. The record's subjects point to a scene of children eating and drinking, a detail that matters because nourishment and fresh air were central to the open-air approach, which aimed to build up frail or undernourished pupils. The children's clothing, heavy wraps and caps among it, reflects how these classes were held in cold New England weather. The photograph is one of a group gathered in the Goldsberry Collection, made between 1900 and 1920.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1920]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1930.
NotesGoldsberry Collection of open-air school photographs.
SubjectsOpen-air schools--Massachusetts--Boston--1900-1930. Children eating & drinking--Massachusetts--Boston--1900-1930. Children--Clothing & dress--Massachusetts--Boston--1900-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,167 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-165456

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