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Dorchester High School for Girls Yearbook
Page from 1928 Dorchester High School for Girls Yearbook
Donation of Abiel Smith to the Town of Boston
In 1815, white businessman Abiel Smith died and bequeathed $4,000 to the Town of Boston for the education of African-American children. Boston’s school committee used the money to fund the already existing African School and later to fund the Abiel…
Classroom Instruction at the Horace Mann School
Student at the Horace Mann School taking part in classroom recitation.
Class of Miss. Kate Howard at the Horace Mann School
Recitation of class of Miss. Kate Howard at the Horace Mann School
Children at the John Marshall School undergo a Tuberculosis Tine Test
Children at the John Marshall School undergo a Tuberculosis Tine Test
Charlestown High School Photo Book
Page from Charlestown High School Photo Book
Boston Latin School Prize Book
This prize book containing essays and poems in both English and Latin was awarded to high achieving students at the Boston Latin School.
Attendence Records from the School of Mutual Instruction
The School of Mutual Instruction was an experimental school in Boston. It relied upon a system in which older or more advanced students instructed the younger or weaker students under the supervision of the schoolmaster. Tokens with an attached…