Photograph of an Old Derby Academy Classroom, Circa 1860
Title
Photograph of an Old Derby Academy Classroom, Circa 1860
Description
This item is a black-and-white photograph of a classroom inside Old Derby Academy, located on Main Street in Hingham, Mass., around 1860. It shows several rows of chairs and desks behind a row of benches. Facing the desks and benches is a teacher's desk with many books on it. The desk is on a raised platform. Other objects in the room are a grandfather clock, tables and chairs, a piano, chalk boards, and pipes.
Subject
Private schools
Classrooms
Source
Roscoe, Theoodre Swan. History of Derby Academy, 1784-1984. Hingham: The Trustees of Derby Academy, 1984.
Publisher
Hingham Public Library
Date Created
c. 1860
Rights
No known copyright restrictions.
Access Rights
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Format
JPEG
Extent
1.03 MB
Type
Photographs
Spatial Coverage
Hingham (Mass.)
Temporal Coverage
c. 1860
Citation
“Photograph of an Old Derby Academy Classroom, Circa 1860,” Hingham Public Library Digital Exhibitions, accessed April 19, 2024, https://hinghampubliclibrary.omeka.net/items/show/245.