SCHOOL DAYS, SCHOOL DAYS, DEAR OLD GOLDEN RULE DAYS
I always smile when I
see posed standard class photographs. They
don’t seem to change much over the years – the boys sitting cross-legged on the
ground or standing on the top row. The
girls sitting prettily in between with their legs together, skirts drawn either
to or over the knees, and hands folded demurely in their laps.
My husband’s maternal
grandfather, Harry Brasier, in a class photo - front & center. All boys, no girls!
Young Harry
My husband in his 1948 3rd
grade school portrait.
My third grade class
picture with Mrs. Gustafson in 1948. I’m
on the left end of the second seated row in the white top. I can remember the names of 20 of the 35
students and recognize the faces of a few more.
His kindergarten
portrait.
And his 1st
grade class photo – along with 2nd, & 3rd
grades. Mountain School was a 2-room
school so classes included 1st – 3rd, & 4th
– 6th. Kindergarten was
separate. Our son is 2nd in
from the right in the first row seated on the ground.
Eldest daughter on her
first day in kindergarten in 1978. She
was ready!
Fast forwarding a ‘few’
years, here are brother and eldest sister at a high school prom in 1991. They had posed with their respective dates,
but the photographer then persuaded them to pose together & I’m so glad
because it’s a great picture of the two of them.
Youngest daughter in
her 3rd grade school portrait.
And her high school junior year portrait.
This is Mountain
School’s 1938 class picture. I have no
idea who the children are but have included them because of the school building
itself.
Here’s a better look at
the old Mountain School building. A new
school was built in the late 1960s or early ‘70s. The old school building, then, was sold and
renovated into a 5 bdrm, 2 bath home which we rented for a while when we lived
in Gasquet. It was a pretty neat place. The only real drawback was the ultra small
kitchen which had been the school’s utility kitchen. It was so small we had to put our fridge in
the entry hall.
Otherwise, coming from a rental with only 2 bdrms and 1 bathroom with 3 growing kids, those 5 bdrms & 2 baths were mighty welcome! It was an older wooden building, however, and I’ve heard through the grapevine it was condemned several years ago and has been deteriorating ever since – might have even suffered some fire damage. What a shame, but I have fond memories and pictures of the place when we lived there. J
:->
La Nightingail
I enjoyed seeing your children's photos through the years...school photos are such great stepping stones in their lives.
ReplyDeleteClass photos & portraits are, indeed, a great way to follow one's children's 'stepping stones' on their march to adulthood!
DeleteThe windows in the school must have let in a lot of light. I love big windows. It's too bad the building is now a wreck. Sad.
ReplyDeleteThose big windows did bring a lot of light into the house. It was a 2-room schoolhouse. One room became the living room-dining room with 8' sliding glass doors that led out onto a 22' x 22' deck built around a large oak tree. The 2nd classroom became the 5 bedrooms, & the boy's & girl's bathrooms became the main bathroom & master bedroom bathroom. In the main bathroom they even kept the 2 stalls! It was a great house, but it was old. It had blackberries & two apple trees growing in the backyard, and we found red potatoes in the ground behind the parking shed. :)
DeleteThat is so cool that you lived in the former Mountain School. I can't imagine bunking down in my old second grade classroom. I was thrilled just to see my old elementary school before it was torn down. It's also interesting to observe on your post the difference between the "Baby Boom" class sizes and the later, more reasonably sized classes. A great selection of school photos!
ReplyDeleteI, too, have been noticing the size of classes in earlier years vs the smaller classes in later years as I've been looking at everyone's posts. There wasn't too much individualism in the larger classes. We were just sort of ushered along as we learned - or didn't.
DeleteGreat fun to see the similarities and differences. I like the first one of your husband’s grandfather as the boys look very relaxed and even casual around their teacher. It's not a style you see anymore with student/class pictures.
ReplyDeleteYour daughter saw the mountains around Etowah but Asheville is north of the airport and that part of NC. Lately it's been cooler than most of the country without the crazy storm systems.
Daughter was impressed with the Blue Ridge Mountains - very different from the Sierras. Her friends took her out & about showing her quite a bit around Etowah. They took a boat tour around Lake Lure & she was very impressed with the homes and docks & piers on the lake.
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