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[Classroom scenes in Washington, D.C. public schools - outdoor exercise with rods - 3rd Division] – Historic Print

[Classroom scenes in Washington, D.C. public schools - outdoor exercise with rods - 3rd Division], [1899?] — historic photograph
[Classroom scenes in Washington, D.C. public schools - outdoor exercise with rods - 3rd Division], [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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Students at an outdoor exercise session handle long rods in this cyanotype, a drill of the kind American schools used to build posture and coordination in the late 1800s. The picture belongs to Frances Benjamin Johnston's series of Washington, D.C. public school scenes, grouped under "3rd Division" in her album. Cyanotypes like this one were made by exposing light-sensitive paper to sunlight, which produced the deep blue tones and gave the process its name. Johnston's images of the city's classrooms give a close look at how children were taught discipline and health around 1900.

Created / published[1899?]
Medium1 photographic print : cyanotype.
GenreCyanotypes 1890-1900.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: 3rd Division.""
SubjectsEducation--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,186 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-118771

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