Amos School students 1906
Group portrait of students with teachers and principal; probably graduation picture. Girls wear white lace dresses; boys wear suits; teachers wear white lace-trimmed blouses (waists) with dark skirts; principal wears frock coat. Most girls hold bouquets; most boys wear boutonnieres. Students hold scrolls tied with ribbon. Handwritten on mat front: "Amos School, Military Ave., Detroit. January 1906. Amos School." Handwritten on mat back: "1st lower row, left to right. 1. Margaret Gadmier, 2. Maud Dewey, 3. Jessie [Marion crossed out] Hanton, 4. Edith Hawley (treasurer of class) 5. Winifred Elizabeth Jane Eason (?) (Winnie) (me) (later Mrs. James Gerow), 6. Hazel Simes; 2nd row from bottom, from left to right. 7. Irene Lynch, 8. Gladys [Martha crossed out] Hanlon, 9. Gordon Button (president of class), 10. Miss Sutherland (recitation room teacher), 11. Mr. Manderville (principal Amos School), 12. Miss Hardy (teacher graduation class, Amos School), 13. Mattie Robinson, 14. Hazel [Blanch crossed out] Stoddard, 15. Gladys Watson; 3rd row from bottom, from left to right. 16. Charles Rowe, 17. Grace Phalen, 18. Harry Duffy, 19. Lenore Thompson, 20. Donald Whitelaw, 21. Hazel Forsyth, 22. Ernest Brow, 23. Bessie Patterson, 24. Jennie Gillette (best chum & friend), 25. [?] Lena Kitchen, 26. Herbert Smith, 27. Stella Foley (girl friend); upper row, from left to right. 28. Elmer [Ernest crossed out] Druilliard, 29. Frank Walsh, 30. ____, 31. Chas. Gutchow (?), 32. George Weir, 33. Russell Wallinger, 34. Eddie Stein, 35. Lester [Harold crossed out] Gesaffe [?], 36. Harry Leonard, 37. Herman Schwartz. Principal Mr. Manderville. Let's have a re-union some day! January 1906." Photograph and mat are torn.
- Resource ID:
- DPA5085
- Subject:
- Students--Michigan--Detroit
- Portraits, Group--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1906-01
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on mat board ; image 14 x 19.75 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- LD/Schools-Amos
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.