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- Restoration of One-Room Schoolhouse, Saline, Michigan, August 1943 -
- August 10, 1943
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Restoration of One-Room Schoolhouse, Saline, Michigan, August 1943
- "One-Room School of 1861" - Michigan Bell Telephone Company commissioned Michigan-born artist Robert Thom (1915-1979) to illustrate scenes depicting Michigan's history. The paintings were later reproduced and sold as prints. Thom and a photographer visited the Edison Institute Schools in Greenfield Village to snap pictures of a teacher and students. From these photos, Thom recreated an idealized scene for this print, "One-Room School of 1861."
- 1861
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"One-Room School of 1861"
Michigan Bell Telephone Company commissioned Michigan-born artist Robert Thom (1915-1979) to illustrate scenes depicting Michigan's history. The paintings were later reproduced and sold as prints. Thom and a photographer visited the Edison Institute Schools in Greenfield Village to snap pictures of a teacher and students. From these photos, Thom recreated an idealized scene for this print, "One-Room School of 1861."
- Hallmark "Room for One More" Christmas Ornament, 1993 - Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- 1993
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Hallmark "Room for One More" Christmas Ornament, 1993
Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- "Old Stone Jug" School Once Attended by John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1944 - John Burroughs (1837-1921), an internationally known naturalist and writer, was born on a dairy farm near Roxbury, New York, in the Catskills Mountains. Burroughs was the seventh of ten children and like the rest of his siblings he went to school when not working on the farm. This small stone schoolhouse was the first school Burroughs attended.
- May 20, 1944
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"Old Stone Jug" School Once Attended by John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1944
John Burroughs (1837-1921), an internationally known naturalist and writer, was born on a dairy farm near Roxbury, New York, in the Catskills Mountains. Burroughs was the seventh of ten children and like the rest of his siblings he went to school when not working on the farm. This small stone schoolhouse was the first school Burroughs attended.
- "Old Stone Jug" School Once Attended by John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1944 - John Burroughs (1837-1921), an internationally known naturalist and writer, was born on a dairy farm near Roxbury, New York, in the Catskills Mountains. Burroughs was the seventh of ten children and like the rest of his siblings he went to school when not working on the farm. This small stone schoolhouse was the first school Burroughs attended.
- May 20, 1944
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"Old Stone Jug" School Once Attended by John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1944
John Burroughs (1837-1921), an internationally known naturalist and writer, was born on a dairy farm near Roxbury, New York, in the Catskills Mountains. Burroughs was the seventh of ten children and like the rest of his siblings he went to school when not working on the farm. This small stone schoolhouse was the first school Burroughs attended.
- "Old Stone Jug" School Once Attended by John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1944 - John Burroughs (1837-1921), an internationally known naturalist and writer, was born on a dairy farm near Roxbury, New York, in the Catskills Mountains. Burroughs was the seventh of ten children and like the rest of his siblings he went to school when not working on the farm. This small stone schoolhouse was the first school Burroughs attended.
- May 20, 1944
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"Old Stone Jug" School Once Attended by John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1944
John Burroughs (1837-1921), an internationally known naturalist and writer, was born on a dairy farm near Roxbury, New York, in the Catskills Mountains. Burroughs was the seventh of ten children and like the rest of his siblings he went to school when not working on the farm. This small stone schoolhouse was the first school Burroughs attended.
- William Holmes McGuffey School - The McGuffey School was built in Greenfield Village in 1934, created out of barn logs from the 1790s southwestern Pennsylvania farmstead where textbook author William Holmes McGuffey was born. Children living in frontier communities learned to read in rustic schoolhouses like this one. McGuffey's Eclectic Readers gave them an easy, standardized way to do it.
- 1934
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William Holmes McGuffey School
The McGuffey School was built in Greenfield Village in 1934, created out of barn logs from the 1790s southwestern Pennsylvania farmstead where textbook author William Holmes McGuffey was born. Children living in frontier communities learned to read in rustic schoolhouses like this one. McGuffey's Eclectic Readers gave them an easy, standardized way to do it.
- 1959 Ford Ad, "America's Schoolhouse on Wheels" - Vacationers, according to this 1959 ad, could experience American history in the comfort of a Mercury Country Cruiser--"America's Schoolhouse on Wheels."
- July 01, 1959
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1959 Ford Ad, "America's Schoolhouse on Wheels"
Vacationers, according to this 1959 ad, could experience American history in the comfort of a Mercury Country Cruiser--"America's Schoolhouse on Wheels."
- "Little Green Schoolhouse" Cocktail Napkin, 1936 -
- 1936
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"Little Green Schoolhouse" Cocktail Napkin, 1936
- "The Schoolhouse in the City," 1968 -
- 1968
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"The Schoolhouse in the City," 1968