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Description
"At one time Sanford had small elementary schools, mostly one room school houses, in as many as eighteen school districts. One was built at Butler's Corner in the early 1840s. It was located on the west side of route 109 where the gasoline station is situated today. This photograph was taken next to the large boulder just north of the school. The lone boy in the back row must have felt greatly outnumbered by his nine female classmates. As transportation became easier the outlying schools were gradually clsoed and children in the Springvale area were assigned to the Lincoln School where they could be graded into classes by age. The old Edison School was sold in 1919, moved north of its original site and converted into a home." - "Villages on the Mousam, Sanford and Springvale, Maine" - by Harland Eastman
About This Item
- Title: Old Edison School pupils, Springvale, ca. 1905
- Creator: Fred Philpot
- Creation Date: circa 1905
- Subject Date: circa 1905
- Location: Springvale, Sanford, York County, ME
- Media: Print from Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 16 cm x 21 cm
- Local Code: C44
- Collection: Index to the Glass Negatives
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Group portraits--Maine--Sanford
- Edison School (Sanford, Me.)
- School children--Maine--Sanford
- Girls
- Boys
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Sanford-Springvale Historical SocietyP. O. Box 276 505 Main Street, Springvale, ME 04083
(207) 490-1028
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