American Schools of the Past – Object #10

Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Children going home from school, 1942.

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<p>Four children are in the foreground, three facing forward and walking away from the school building and one girl in a striped dress with braids walking towards the building. A larger number of students and adults is in the background nearer the school. There are small trees planted on the sides of the building and sidewalk. A car and power lines are in the background.</p>

A 1942 photograph of young students walking down a sidewalk from the school building.

Questions:

Is this photograph taken from the inside or outside?

How is the school building in the photograph different from your school?

What do you think the children are doing in the photograph?

What do you notice about the children’s surrounding?

Other than children, what do you see in this photograph?

Citations

Collins, Marjory, photographer. Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Children going home from school. Greenbelt Greenbelt. Maryland Prince George’s County United States, 1942. May-June. Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.