Students playing with various toys in large classroom, Johnston School
Johnston School students playing with various toys in large classroom include children on seesaw in the back, two boys driving toy cars, boy playing with trains on the floor, little girl pulling toy wagon, a make-shift shop. Two boys standing in the front, one wearing what appears to be bells on a strap across his chest, the strap held by boy behind him, other boy sitting on the floor with a fire truck. Trolley on wooden rail is in center of the room next to two toy horse-drawn vehicles. Walls decorated with picture frame and poster that reads: "For Home and Country, Victory Liberty Loan," sign on back door reads "Come to our concert." Handwritten on front: "Johnston School, May 1919." Stamped on back: "Harvey C. Jackson, Photographer, Cherry 6054 M, 474 Beaubien St, Detroit, Mich."
- Creator:
- Jackson, Harvey C., 1876-1957
- Resource ID:
- HCJ085
- Subject:
- School children--Michigan--Detroit
- Toys--Michigan--Detroit
- African American photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1919
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Collection:
- Harvey C. Jackson Collection
- Location:
- D/Photography-Jackson, Harvey C.
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.