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Elk Run School District from 1875 Atlas |
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The long series of events and technologies by which this photo traveled through time to this site is a story in itself. This photo originally belonged to someone in the family of Tommy Smith and Ella Ryan, possibly through Ella since James Blanchard was related to her. The oldest son of Ella and Tommy, Edward Smith 1902-1980, developed an interest in family history, and using the best technology he had available in the 1970s, he visited all his relatives and photographed their photos on slides. In fact, Edward himself may be among these small children in the photo. Edward's son, David Smith, loaned me all these slides, two full boxes from both the Smith and Brace families, a few years ago. I have been fiddling with them ever since. I think the first thing I did with them was project them on a screen and photograph them with my then best digital camera - results fair.. Then I bought a low cost slide scanner - poor results- actually worse than poor. Eventually I got a very expensive slide scanner. The results were better, but not as good as I wanted. Now, I am back to projecting them on a screen and photographing with a higher resolution digital camera. My, I am persistent. . The slides themselves have deteriorated with time and some were poor quality photos to start with, BUT we are making some progress with them. SEE photo of the older kids below which I found among my own things. IDc can be found on the bottom photo of the whole school the same day. |
Also present, but can;t tell exactly which:, Lillian Smith, Bert Richmond, Eva(n) Jackson, Edna Wood, Arch (pr. Andrew) York, , Galusha York , Mildred Gray. |
1. Gus Welch
2. 3 4 Mildred Mudge 5 6 Grant Fethers 7 Galusha York 8 9 Harry Smith 10 Ruhl Dann 11 Nellie Smith * 12 Minnie York 13 14. Edna Williams 15 Fay Kilgore 16 Pearl Wood 17 Eva Hulslander 18 Fern Hulslander 19 James Blanchard 20 Daisy York |
| On the above photo we can determine that this is the same year as the other
photo by its oval shape and by the young man in the suit in the center, who for some reason. I believe to be James Blanchard. This photo is of the older children of the school. Believe it or not, I found this lurking among my own stuff about a day after I put up the other online. This is a newspaper copy, so clarity is lacking. Some of the names have been written in, but I can't tell in all cases who they point to. Also I believe that whoever identified them made a few mistakes based on who I know to have been there at the time. |
* Nellie Smith
taught here in the 1930s under the alias of Nellie Dorsett. |
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Although labelled 1911, we can date this to the 1908-09 school year. Nellie Smith was already teaching by 1910.. Bert Richmond was hired in Sullivan in September 1908, and other clues. This was taken the same day as the photos above. All are wearing the same clothes. |
Second Row: Elmer Smith, ??, ??, Faye Kilgore, Pearl Wood, Lillian Smith, Daisy York, Mildred Mudge, ??, ??, Gus Welch.
Back Row, Edna Willilams, Archie Wood, Minnie York, Nellie Smith, Ruhl Dann, Harry Smith, Grant Fethers, Galusha York. Bert Richmond [teacher]