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A large group of children standing in front of Priest River's first school building with an American flag draped behind them.
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Title:
First School Group
Donor:
Dave Bryant, Sr.
Date Created (Archival Standard):
1890-1900
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1896
Organizations:
Settlement School
Description:
A large group of children standing in front of Priest River's first school building with an American flag draped behind them.
Original Description:
Priest River's first school was a log building probably located near the confluence of the Priest and the Pend Oreille on the Priest's east bank. Rudolph Torelle, the first teacher, standing with his head in front of the last two stripes on the flag. Caroline Van Dorn is standing in front of Torelle, in the wide white collar. Nora and Agnes Murray are on her left. Vernon Stewart is the curly haired, blonde boy on the left end of the 2nd row, Glenn Stewart is on the right end. Leila Porter is the blonde who is number 3 in the first row, and Mandy Caprai (Long) is the dark haired girl standing at the right end. The older males were mostly Italian immigrants in school to learn English. Front row left to right: standing, Vernon Stewart; seated, Walter Shipley, Dude Lythman, Leila Stewart (Porter), Anna Keyser (Lawson), Cassie Judge, Dora Judge (LaMotte), Rosella Murray (Bryant), Mary Anselmo, Anna Feary and standing, Amanda Caprai (Lang). Center row: Vic Murray, Bert Lemley, John Judge, Alvin Canton, Gus Lythman, Alma Lythman, Carrie Stewart, (Van Dorn), Nora Murray, Agnes Murray, Alice Newcombe (Murray), and Glenn Stewart. Back row: John Murray, Joe Saccomano, Charles Feary, Alfred Feary, Albert N Torelle (Teacher), Frank s Mauro, Thomas Judge, Frank Jachetta, Alexander Judge and Henry Keyser.
Subjects:
education schools (buildings) children (people by age group)
Original Subject:
education
Location:
Bonner County
Latitude:
48.17900151
Longitude:
-116.8894784
Source:
Marylyn Cork Collection, Priest River Library
Source Identifier:
edu1-13
Type:
Image;StillImage
Format:
image/jpeg
Language:
eng

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"First School Group", Marylyn Cork Priest River Historical Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/priestriver/items/priestriver0101.html
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