Catherine Matheson
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at Manhattan in New York, New York United States
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Catherine Matheson
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Ken MacKenzie
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11/06/2015
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AncientFaces
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11/23/2015
Group of school teachers? This clever photo of Catherine Matheson and friends was taken in Manhattan New York in the 1890s. Catherine was a school teacher and the owner of the photo believes that the others might be teachers as well. Unfortunately, all that is known are their first names. If you have a Marion, Martha or Doris who lived and taught in Manhattan around 1890 in your family tree perhaps this is your ancestor!
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Female teachers had to be upright. The males could do whatever they liked. Even in the early 1900s female teachers could only work til they were married. Imagine.
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That must have theeee hairstyle of the times.
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Alot of adult ladies of the late Victorian and Edwardian era wore their hair up as adults and the children wore their hair down with pretty ribbons and lace ☺ x
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I wonder what life as a woman teacher would have been like way back the.
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here's a pic of my great-grandfather's school room
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Love the old fashion wood heater and how teachers table is set for lunch or maybe afternoon tea and all the students have such a serious look obviously the teacher is good at bringing them in line
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It's a schoolhouse in the big town of Toledo Iowa :) My great grandfather is far left row and 3rd back...other family are scattered throughout the pic, too...
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and they learned all the important basics ...not like now
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Love the big wood stove in the middle. Grew up with a wood stove best heat ever.
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What a lovely class room and the fire in the middle of the room . Bet they were happy children
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My mom often spoke of a class room such as this..
Tamara Ruberu
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11/23/2015
Very neatly dressed. Compared to the present day teachers
Susan Schloss
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11/24/2015
Beautiful, artistically planned photo. Love it!
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Would Have been Nice to have Someone Write down the Name and Other things About Them . I know that It is To Late for That. But You can But What You think you Know and Have Other people who Might Know Tell you what They Know. Good For Later on In Life as it is past on to . Other members this Way they Don't have to Guess who and What Year it was And Why.
Paul Hewitt
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Great photo!! This site is my favorite, love old photo postcards! I found 3 postcards with different women on them in their graduation gowns.They were from 1896/8 and were from Wellesley College in Massachusetts. I believe ,but can't remember if their names were on the back. I called the college to see if they had records on these women,but unfortunately the records for that year don't exist anymore. Does anyone know if there is another way to find out about these 3 women? It would be great if I could find out what happened to them, and if not,I'll stick to my imagination that they became great contributors to their chosen field that they got their degree in. :)
Lori Russell
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02/10/2024
Would Catherine be the bottom lady ?
Ken MacKenzie
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02/11/2024
Hi Lori, thanks for your interest. The ladies' names are, from the top....Marion, Catherine Matheson, Martha and Doris.
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