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- Ruth Young and Art Teacher Josephine Barrett Mason Painting at George Washington Carver School in Detroit, March 3, 1971 -
- March 03, 1971
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Ruth Young and Art Teacher Josephine Barrett Mason Painting at George Washington Carver School in Detroit, March 3, 1971
- Group of School Children and Teachers, Hillsdale, Michigan, circa 1890 - This cabinet card shows three teachers and 44 students posing outdoors, perhaps outside the school. This was not a one-room school; the students are approximately the same age. Hillsdale, Michigan, a busy railroad town, had a graded school system. The boys wear shirts, suspenders, and jackets; girls wear pinafores or aprons over their dresses. The teachers wear high-necked, long-sleeve dresses with aprons.
- circa 1890
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Group of School Children and Teachers, Hillsdale, Michigan, circa 1890
This cabinet card shows three teachers and 44 students posing outdoors, perhaps outside the school. This was not a one-room school; the students are approximately the same age. Hillsdale, Michigan, a busy railroad town, had a graded school system. The boys wear shirts, suspenders, and jackets; girls wear pinafores or aprons over their dresses. The teachers wear high-necked, long-sleeve dresses with aprons.
- Shop Class at the George Washington Carver School, Richmond Hill, Georgia, circa 1940 - Henry Ford purchased vast amounts of land around present-day Richmond Hill, Georgia, beginning in the 1920s. After acquiring the property, Ford became interested in the economic and civic improvement of the area. In 1939, Ford built a school for African-American children -- one of many local projects. He named the school in honor of his friend and famed educator and agricultural scientist George Washington Carver.
- circa 1940
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Shop Class at the George Washington Carver School, Richmond Hill, Georgia, circa 1940
Henry Ford purchased vast amounts of land around present-day Richmond Hill, Georgia, beginning in the 1920s. After acquiring the property, Ford became interested in the economic and civic improvement of the area. In 1939, Ford built a school for African-American children -- one of many local projects. He named the school in honor of his friend and famed educator and agricultural scientist George Washington Carver.
- Students Working on a Steam Engine at the George Washington Carver School, Richmond Hill, Georiga, circa 1940 -
- circa 1940
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Students Working on a Steam Engine at the George Washington Carver School, Richmond Hill, Georiga, circa 1940
- Flight Instructors Glenn Brown, Barbara Kibbee, and Juan Basella, Civilian Pilot Training Program, July 13, 1939 - As the world descended toward war in the late 1930s, the United States government recognized a vital need for trained aviators. It established the Civilian Pilot Training Program in 1938. Ostensibly a peacetime initiative, CPTP in fact produced flyers ready for overseas combat or stateside support missions. Pilot Barbara Kibbee was the program's first female instructor.
- July 13, 1939
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Flight Instructors Glenn Brown, Barbara Kibbee, and Juan Basella, Civilian Pilot Training Program, July 13, 1939
As the world descended toward war in the late 1930s, the United States government recognized a vital need for trained aviators. It established the Civilian Pilot Training Program in 1938. Ostensibly a peacetime initiative, CPTP in fact produced flyers ready for overseas combat or stateside support missions. Pilot Barbara Kibbee was the program's first female instructor.
- Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939 - Barbara Kibbee started flying in 1937, earned a commercial rating, and took a job as a check pilot for the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. As the looming war created a need for trained flyers, Kibbee joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program as an instructor based at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the program's first female instructor.
- November 21, 1939
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Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939
Barbara Kibbee started flying in 1937, earned a commercial rating, and took a job as a check pilot for the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. As the looming war created a need for trained flyers, Kibbee joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program as an instructor based at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the program's first female instructor.
- Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939 - Barbara Kibbee started flying in 1937, earned a commercial rating, and took a job as a check pilot for the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. As the looming war created a need for trained flyers, Kibbee joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program as an instructor based at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the program's first female instructor.
- November 21, 1939
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Flight Instructor Barbara Kibbee, Civilian Pilot Training Program, November 21, 1939
Barbara Kibbee started flying in 1937, earned a commercial rating, and took a job as a check pilot for the Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego. As the looming war created a need for trained flyers, Kibbee joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program as an instructor based at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was the program's first female instructor.
- Clara Ford with Former Scotch Settlement School Teacher Sabria Palmer Lamb in Greenfield Village, 1941 -
- April 09, 1941
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Clara Ford with Former Scotch Settlement School Teacher Sabria Palmer Lamb in Greenfield Village, 1941
- Ford Aeronutronic Division Advertising, "how far is way out?", and "how quiet is quiet?", November 1961 -
- November 01, 1961
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Ford Aeronutronic Division Advertising, "how far is way out?", and "how quiet is quiet?", November 1961
- Graduating Students and Teachers at George Washington Carver School, Richmond Hill, Georgia, 1945 - Henry Ford purchased vast amounts of land around present-day Richmond Hill, Georgia, beginning in the 1920s. After acquiring the property, Ford became interested in the economic and civic improvement of the area. He built schools, churches, and community centers. In 1939, Ford founded the George Washington Carver School. This image shows the 1945 graduating class and their teachers.
- June 01, 1945
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Graduating Students and Teachers at George Washington Carver School, Richmond Hill, Georgia, 1945
Henry Ford purchased vast amounts of land around present-day Richmond Hill, Georgia, beginning in the 1920s. After acquiring the property, Ford became interested in the economic and civic improvement of the area. He built schools, churches, and community centers. In 1939, Ford founded the George Washington Carver School. This image shows the 1945 graduating class and their teachers.