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Three bridges over the Connecticut River in Hadley
View of the three bridges crossing the Connecticut River from Hadley to Northampton at the turn of the century. They were the trolley bridge, the old highway bridge, and the Boston and Maine Railroad bridge which is now part of the Norwottuck Rail…
Making the fire
Two boys stand by a wood stove in the Hockanum schoolhouse as a third boy kneels in front of it putting wood inside. The boy on the left is Luther Barstow. A chair stands against the wall on the right near a window.
Tags: Clifton Johnson, Hadley, Schools
A punishment
A boy stands in the Hockanum schoolhouse with his arm stretched out to the side holding a book as punishment. Two other boys, Charles Thayer and Oscar Johnson sit reading in their seats. Two windows let light in, a clock and a couple illustrations…
Tags: Clifton Johnson, Hadley, Schools
The schoolboy
A boy walks down the road towards the camera carrying books tied by a string in his left hand.
Tags: Books, Clifton Johnson, Hadley
The first day of school, waiting for the teacher to open the door
A group of students stand on and around the steps to the Hockanum schoolhouse. Many are holding books and most are looking to the right, presumably at the arriving teacher. A girl to the left of the door is identified as a Wright girl, two boys in…
Tags: Children, Clifton Johnson, Hadley, Schools
Hunting for something in a schoolhouse Christmas play
A boy kneeling before a dresser, rummaging in the bottom drawer. A pile of clothes is scattered on the floor next to him as a second boy looks on with his hands in his pocket.
Tags: 1890s, Children, Clifton Johnson, Hadley
Capturing Santa Claus
Santa Claus, dressed in a white beard, a hat and an animal skin coat captured by two boys, one leaning over him, the other crouching in front. A dresser and a chair stand behind them, in front of the blackboard, with a pile of clothes on the floor to…
Tags: 1890s, Children, Clifton Johnson, Hadley, Santa Clause, Schools
Sharpening his slate pencil
A young boy stands next to the entrance of the Hockanum schoolhouse, facing away from the camera, sharpening his pencil against the bricks on the right side of the door.
Tags: Clifton Johnson, Hadley, Schools
Reading a composition
A young girl, possibly Edith Barstow or Hettie Johnson, standing in front of the blackboard in the Hockanum schoolhouse reading her composition to the class.
Tags: 1890s, Clifton Johnson, Hadley, Schools
Enjoying dinner at school
A group of children, most sitting, one standing, enjoy dinner in the Hockanum school, some holding their dinner pails in their laps.
Tags: Clifton Johnson, Food and Feast, Hadley, Schools
A game in the field
A group of children playing (cricket?) in the field by the school house. Mount Tom visible in the background. The teacher is Miss Lawrence and the children are Eleanor Johnson, Norman Barstow, Peggy Lyman, Richard Thayer, and Warren Johnson.
Tags: Children, Clifton Johnson, Hadley, Mount Tom, Sports
Around a tree
A group of children including Eleanor Johnson, Norman Barstow and Peggy Lyman, hold hands around a tree. Two children stand on the side with the teacher, they are Richard Thayer, Warren Johnson and Miss Lawrence.
Tags: Children, Clifton Johnson, Hadley, Trees
Starting for school
Margaret Johnson Rutter stands on the stone slab steps of the Oscar Johnson farmhouse in Hockanum holding a lunch pail in one hand and two books in the other. There is a bucket next to her and a broom by the steps. She is in the pantalet period…
Tags: 1910s, Children, Clifton Johnson, Hadley, Schools