Children Playing Baseball in Dodge School Yard, Harrison, Michigan, circa 1888
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This photograph documents a northern Michigan school as well the local economy. Children of various ages are in the schoolyard. There is no playground but the children make their own fun with a game of baseball. The few scrubby trees and distant forest illustrate Harrison's founding as a lumber town.
This photograph documents a northern Michigan school as well the local economy. Children of various ages are in the schoolyard. There is no playground but the children make their own fun with a game of baseball. The few scrubby trees and distant forest illustrate Harrison's founding as a lumber town.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
circa 1888
Subject Date
circa 1888
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
67.30.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Dr. Walter F. Shepherd.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Mounting
Dimensions
Height: 7.75 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Printed on front of mount: MOORE'S STUDIO / HARRISON, MICH / NEGATIVE BY Handwritten on back: 1. Claud Reker 2. Forest Shemway 3. Emma Hoag, teacher
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