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[Small children studying geometry in a classroom in Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction

[Small children studying geometry in a classroom in Washington, D.C.], [1899?] — historic photograph
[Small children studying geometry in a classroom in Washington, D.C.], [1899?]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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 from the late 1890s show schooling in such close detail as this cyanotype of young children at work on geometry in a Washington, D.C., classroom. The blue-toned process, which relied on sunlight to fix the image on light-sensitive paper, was inexpensive and easy to reproduce, so it was often used for documentary and educational views. The catalog date of 1899 is an estimate, so the exact year is uncertain. Still, the picture offers a useful glimpse of how the city's public schools taught basic mathematics at the close of the nineteenth century, with its focus on hands-on drawing and measurement.

Created / published[1899?]
Medium1 photographic print : cyanotype.
GenreCyanotypes 1890-1900.
SubjectsEducation--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,203 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-156628

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