The Opening of the Public Schools from Haper's Weekly, 1872
date: label: date made
content: 1874-09-19
name: label: maker
content: Harper & Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: The front page of Harper’s Weekly (Vol. 18, No. 925) dated September 19, 1874, is focused on the re-opening of public schools during Reconstruction. Following the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865), it took several years for public schools in all regions of the country to re-open. The page is dominated by an engraving of a classroom scene entitled “A Village Public School – The Young Orator.” It depicts a boy reciting in front of the class, while the teacher looks on approvingly. Another student can be seen standing on a narrow post by the window as punishment.
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content: The title of the front page article is “The Opening of the Public Schools.” It discusses the nationwide implementation of public schooling, including colored schools, during the Reconstruction era. Significantly, it points out the subsequent pushback by politicians of the Democratic Party in the Southern States.
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content: The illustration is signed by the artist F. Church in the lower left corner. Frederick Stuart Church (1842-1924) graduated from the National Academy of Design and worked mainly as an illustrator. Based in New York City, his works appeared in Harper's Bazaar, Harper's Weekly, Century Magazine, and the Ladies' Home Journal.
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content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: general subject association
content: Education
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content: School
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
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content: The Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.3127.03
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content: 2014.3127
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content: 2014.3127.03
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content: periodical page
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 14 1/4 in x 9 in; 36.195 cm x 22.86 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 in x 12 1/4 in; 43.18 cm x 31.115 cm