Central Washington University Archives
Guide to the Edison School. Lantern Slides
RG 010, Acc. #05-26
Processed and Listed by: Riva Dean
Date: February 2005.
Date Span: ca. 1930. Size: .25 cubic ft. Number of Boxes: 1 lantern slide box. Type of material: 39 lantern slides. Physical condition: Fair. Several slides have cracks. Arrangement: Arranged numerically by original numbers on slides. Historical or Biographical Sketch: A model school was established at Washington State Normal School during the first year of operation in 1891. In 1917, the school was named the Edison School after an agreement was made between the trustees of the Normal School and the Ellensburg School District for use of the training school building. After the completion of a new school building the name was changed to the College Elementary School. Scope and Content Note: The collection consists of one set of lantern slides taken at Edison School. The slides are not dated or identified but seem to have been taken around 1930. Most of the slides were numbered, but there was no existing guide to the numbers. They are arranged by the original numbers and the three slides that did not have numbers on them have been given the letters A-C. The images are all of kindergarteners at various activities. There are many pictures of children with animals, including pigs, cows, chickens and horses. There are also pictures of the children at play indoors and outdoors on the campus. The inventory includes a brief description of each slide.
Container List:
Box 1 A1. Children Reading Books At Hebeler, Ca. 1930. A2. Children picking fruit. A3. Children picking fruit. A4. Children in garden. A5. Children with wagon and teachers. A6. Children in greenhouse. A7. Children with flower bulbs. B1. Children in haystack. B2. Children on wagon. B3. Children and pigs. B4. Children and pigs. B5. Children and cow. B6. Children and cow. B7. Children and sheep. B8. Children and horses. B9. Children and horse (out of focus). B10. Children and horse. B11. Children and chicken coop. B12. Children and chickens. C1. Children making cookies. C2. Children decorating a Christmas tree. D2. Children outside a playhouse? D3. Children at play indoors. D4. Children cooking. E1. Children on a bus. E2. Children at the Ellensburg Train station. E3. Children in a play. F1. Children with a lamb. F2. Children sitting with a lamb. F3. Children with a goat. F4. Children with a white rabbit. F5. Children with a porcupine. F6. Children around a box with chicks? F7. Children and chicks. F8. Children outdoors with a turkey? F10. Children with hen and chicks. A. Boy with fawn. B. Children in a play. C. Children watching house construction.
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