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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Description
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<p>This collection consists of photographs of Buffalo Public School buildings taken in March 1908. These 83 black & white platinum prints were originally mounted on black pages in an album. While the album is no longer intact, information noted on the photographs reveals they were produced for a building survey for the Buffalo Common Council. The Deputy Building Commissioner of the Department of Public Works wrote a report on the condition of the school buildings and submitted it to the Common Council in 1908.</p>
<p>The report paid particular attention to doors and fire escapes, and recommended safety improvements. Many of the photographs show the back or sides of the schools in order to document the fire escape(s). “Condemned” is written on some of the photos, but this may have been added at a later time. While the majority of the buildings documented here no longer exist today, most were still in use for many years after the photographs were taken.</p>
<p>In 1908, the Buffalo Public School System consisted of 62 primary schools, 3 high schools, and one public teacher’s college. Nine of the primary schools are no longer in this collection, lost before the photographs were acquired by the B&ECPL. Many of the buildings in use in 1908 were erected between 1880 and 1900, a period of heavy construction when student enrollment almost doubled. Often the schools pictured are actually the second or third building to serve the neighborhood. The school system was organized in 1838, and the original buildings were small wood schoolhouses. As Buffalo’s population grew with the annexation of Black Rock in 1853, and the influx of immigrants in the second half of the 19<sup>th</sup> century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students.</p>
<p>As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20<sup>th</sup> century. And while the schools are the main subjects of each photo, we also see a glimpse of life in 1908 Buffalo -- neighborhood shops, unpaved and brick roads, trolley car lines, early automobiles, and horse-drawn wagons. Some students took the opportunity to have their picture taken, and are lined up outside for the photographer. Others can be spotted peering out of the windows, curious faces against the glass.</p>
<p>Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of <strong>Louise Bethune</strong>, the first professional female architect in the United States. She and/or her husband, Robert A. Bethune, designed six of the schools in the collection. Other notable architects of these schools include Esenwein & Johnson, M.E. Beebe & Son, and Charles D. Swan.</p>
<p>The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building:</p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1100755/one">School days of yesterday: Buffalo Public School History</a> by G. Morton Weed.(2001) </p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:392248/one">From the Boiler Room, The Buffalo Public Schools 1807-1984: A History of the Buffalo Public Schools and the school engineers who maintain them</a> by G. Morton Weed. (1984)</p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:880491/one">Buffalo Common Council Proceedings</a>, 1908, pages 447-453. </p>
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Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
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March 1908
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
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Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL
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Central High School
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Originally located at Franklin and Court Streets in Niagara Square, Central High School was Buffalo's first high school. The building pictured was the result of additions between 1854 and 1889. <br /><br />Central High moved to the Hutchinson building on Elmwood Avenue in 1914, and the school became known as Hutchinson-Central. The old building in Niagara Square was torn down in 1926, and replaced by the State Office Building at 65 Court Street.
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Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
Date
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1908-03
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Buffalo (N.Y.)--Public schools
Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Public schools--New York (State)--Buffalo
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
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Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
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Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
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image/tiff
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Still Image
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Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)
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Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
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eng
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Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
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Title
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Description
An account of the resource
<p>This collection consists of photographs of Buffalo Public School buildings taken in March 1908. These 83 black & white platinum prints were originally mounted on black pages in an album. While the album is no longer intact, information noted on the photographs reveals they were produced for a building survey for the Buffalo Common Council. The Deputy Building Commissioner of the Department of Public Works wrote a report on the condition of the school buildings and submitted it to the Common Council in 1908.</p>
<p>The report paid particular attention to doors and fire escapes, and recommended safety improvements. Many of the photographs show the back or sides of the schools in order to document the fire escape(s). “Condemned” is written on some of the photos, but this may have been added at a later time. While the majority of the buildings documented here no longer exist today, most were still in use for many years after the photographs were taken.</p>
<p>In 1908, the Buffalo Public School System consisted of 62 primary schools, 3 high schools, and one public teacher’s college. Nine of the primary schools are no longer in this collection, lost before the photographs were acquired by the B&ECPL. Many of the buildings in use in 1908 were erected between 1880 and 1900, a period of heavy construction when student enrollment almost doubled. Often the schools pictured are actually the second or third building to serve the neighborhood. The school system was organized in 1838, and the original buildings were small wood schoolhouses. As Buffalo’s population grew with the annexation of Black Rock in 1853, and the influx of immigrants in the second half of the 19<sup>th</sup> century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students.</p>
<p>As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20<sup>th</sup> century. And while the schools are the main subjects of each photo, we also see a glimpse of life in 1908 Buffalo -- neighborhood shops, unpaved and brick roads, trolley car lines, early automobiles, and horse-drawn wagons. Some students took the opportunity to have their picture taken, and are lined up outside for the photographer. Others can be spotted peering out of the windows, curious faces against the glass.</p>
<p>Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of <strong>Louise Bethune</strong>, the first professional female architect in the United States. She and/or her husband, Robert A. Bethune, designed six of the schools in the collection. Other notable architects of these schools include Esenwein & Johnson, M.E. Beebe & Son, and Charles D. Swan.</p>
<p>The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building:</p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1100755/one">School days of yesterday: Buffalo Public School History</a> by G. Morton Weed.(2001) </p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:392248/one">From the Boiler Room, The Buffalo Public Schools 1807-1984: A History of the Buffalo Public Schools and the school engineers who maintain them</a> by G. Morton Weed. (1984)</p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:880491/one">Buffalo Common Council Proceedings</a>, 1908, pages 447-453. </p>
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Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
Date
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March 1908
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
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Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL
Still Image
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Lafayette High School
Description
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Buffalo's third high school, located at 370 Lafayette Ave, was built in 1903. The<span> stone, brick and terra-cotta structure in the French Renaissance Revival style was designed by architects August Esenwein and James A. Johnson. </span>The building has continually been in use by the Buffalo Public Schools.
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Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
Date
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1908-03
Subject
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Buffalo (N.Y.)--Public schools
Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Public schools--New York (State)--Buffalo
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
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Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
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Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
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image/tiff
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Still Image
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Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)
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Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
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eng
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Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
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Title
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Description
An account of the resource
<p>This collection consists of photographs of Buffalo Public School buildings taken in March 1908. These 83 black & white platinum prints were originally mounted on black pages in an album. While the album is no longer intact, information noted on the photographs reveals they were produced for a building survey for the Buffalo Common Council. The Deputy Building Commissioner of the Department of Public Works wrote a report on the condition of the school buildings and submitted it to the Common Council in 1908.</p>
<p>The report paid particular attention to doors and fire escapes, and recommended safety improvements. Many of the photographs show the back or sides of the schools in order to document the fire escape(s). “Condemned” is written on some of the photos, but this may have been added at a later time. While the majority of the buildings documented here no longer exist today, most were still in use for many years after the photographs were taken.</p>
<p>In 1908, the Buffalo Public School System consisted of 62 primary schools, 3 high schools, and one public teacher’s college. Nine of the primary schools are no longer in this collection, lost before the photographs were acquired by the B&ECPL. Many of the buildings in use in 1908 were erected between 1880 and 1900, a period of heavy construction when student enrollment almost doubled. Often the schools pictured are actually the second or third building to serve the neighborhood. The school system was organized in 1838, and the original buildings were small wood schoolhouses. As Buffalo’s population grew with the annexation of Black Rock in 1853, and the influx of immigrants in the second half of the 19<sup>th</sup> century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students.</p>
<p>As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20<sup>th</sup> century. And while the schools are the main subjects of each photo, we also see a glimpse of life in 1908 Buffalo -- neighborhood shops, unpaved and brick roads, trolley car lines, early automobiles, and horse-drawn wagons. Some students took the opportunity to have their picture taken, and are lined up outside for the photographer. Others can be spotted peering out of the windows, curious faces against the glass.</p>
<p>Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of <strong>Louise Bethune</strong>, the first professional female architect in the United States. She and/or her husband, Robert A. Bethune, designed six of the schools in the collection. Other notable architects of these schools include Esenwein & Johnson, M.E. Beebe & Son, and Charles D. Swan.</p>
<p>The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building:</p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1100755/one">School days of yesterday: Buffalo Public School History</a> by G. Morton Weed.(2001) </p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:392248/one">From the Boiler Room, The Buffalo Public Schools 1807-1984: A History of the Buffalo Public Schools and the school engineers who maintain them</a> by G. Morton Weed. (1984)</p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:880491/one">Buffalo Common Council Proceedings</a>, 1908, pages 447-453. </p>
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Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
Date
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March 1908
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
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Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL
Still Image
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Masten Park High School
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Masten Park High School was Buffalo's second high school. Located at Masten Avenue and North Street, this is the original building built in 1897. The architectural firm M.E. Beebe and Son won the competition to design the school.<span style="color:#000000;text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;word-spacing:0px;float:none;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;"><span> </span></span>It was destroyed by fire in 1912, and rebuilt onsite in 1914. The school was later known as Fosdick-Masten High School, and changed to City Honors in 1980.
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Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
Date
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1908-03
Subject
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Buffalo (N.Y.)--Public schools
Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Public schools--New York (State)--Buffalo
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Publisher
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Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
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Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
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image/tiff
Type
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Still Image
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Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)
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Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
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eng
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Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
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Title
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Description
An account of the resource
<p>This collection consists of photographs of Buffalo Public School buildings taken in March 1908. These 83 black & white platinum prints were originally mounted on black pages in an album. While the album is no longer intact, information noted on the photographs reveals they were produced for a building survey for the Buffalo Common Council. The Deputy Building Commissioner of the Department of Public Works wrote a report on the condition of the school buildings and submitted it to the Common Council in 1908.</p>
<p>The report paid particular attention to doors and fire escapes, and recommended safety improvements. Many of the photographs show the back or sides of the schools in order to document the fire escape(s). “Condemned” is written on some of the photos, but this may have been added at a later time. While the majority of the buildings documented here no longer exist today, most were still in use for many years after the photographs were taken.</p>
<p>In 1908, the Buffalo Public School System consisted of 62 primary schools, 3 high schools, and one public teacher’s college. Nine of the primary schools are no longer in this collection, lost before the photographs were acquired by the B&ECPL. Many of the buildings in use in 1908 were erected between 1880 and 1900, a period of heavy construction when student enrollment almost doubled. Often the schools pictured are actually the second or third building to serve the neighborhood. The school system was organized in 1838, and the original buildings were small wood schoolhouses. As Buffalo’s population grew with the annexation of Black Rock in 1853, and the influx of immigrants in the second half of the 19<sup>th</sup> century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students.</p>
<p>As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20<sup>th</sup> century. And while the schools are the main subjects of each photo, we also see a glimpse of life in 1908 Buffalo -- neighborhood shops, unpaved and brick roads, trolley car lines, early automobiles, and horse-drawn wagons. Some students took the opportunity to have their picture taken, and are lined up outside for the photographer. Others can be spotted peering out of the windows, curious faces against the glass.</p>
<p>Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of <strong>Louise Bethune</strong>, the first professional female architect in the United States. She and/or her husband, Robert A. Bethune, designed six of the schools in the collection. Other notable architects of these schools include Esenwein & Johnson, M.E. Beebe & Son, and Charles D. Swan.</p>
<p>The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building:</p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1100755/one">School days of yesterday: Buffalo Public School History</a> by G. Morton Weed.(2001) </p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:392248/one">From the Boiler Room, The Buffalo Public Schools 1807-1984: A History of the Buffalo Public Schools and the school engineers who maintain them</a> by G. Morton Weed. (1984)</p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:880491/one">Buffalo Common Council Proceedings</a>, 1908, pages 447-453. </p>
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Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
Date
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March 1908
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Contributor
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Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL
Still Image
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Normal School
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The Normal School, established in 1871, was a training school for teachers, and children attended the School of Practice within. This Teachers College later evolved into Buffalo State College.<br /><br /> Originally located on Jersey Street in 1871, this structure was replaced with a new building in 1914. The new structure on this site housed Grover Cleveland High School beginning in 1931.
Creator
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Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1908-03
Subject
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Buffalo (N.Y.)--Public schools
Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Public schools--New York (State)--Buffalo
Source
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Publisher
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Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
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Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
Format
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image/tiff
Type
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Still Image
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)
Rights
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Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
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eng
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Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
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Title
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Description
An account of the resource
<p>This collection consists of photographs of Buffalo Public School buildings taken in March 1908. These 83 black & white platinum prints were originally mounted on black pages in an album. While the album is no longer intact, information noted on the photographs reveals they were produced for a building survey for the Buffalo Common Council. The Deputy Building Commissioner of the Department of Public Works wrote a report on the condition of the school buildings and submitted it to the Common Council in 1908.</p>
<p>The report paid particular attention to doors and fire escapes, and recommended safety improvements. Many of the photographs show the back or sides of the schools in order to document the fire escape(s). “Condemned” is written on some of the photos, but this may have been added at a later time. While the majority of the buildings documented here no longer exist today, most were still in use for many years after the photographs were taken.</p>
<p>In 1908, the Buffalo Public School System consisted of 62 primary schools, 3 high schools, and one public teacher’s college. Nine of the primary schools are no longer in this collection, lost before the photographs were acquired by the B&ECPL. Many of the buildings in use in 1908 were erected between 1880 and 1900, a period of heavy construction when student enrollment almost doubled. Often the schools pictured are actually the second or third building to serve the neighborhood. The school system was organized in 1838, and the original buildings were small wood schoolhouses. As Buffalo’s population grew with the annexation of Black Rock in 1853, and the influx of immigrants in the second half of the 19<sup>th</sup> century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students.</p>
<p>As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20<sup>th</sup> century. And while the schools are the main subjects of each photo, we also see a glimpse of life in 1908 Buffalo -- neighborhood shops, unpaved and brick roads, trolley car lines, early automobiles, and horse-drawn wagons. Some students took the opportunity to have their picture taken, and are lined up outside for the photographer. Others can be spotted peering out of the windows, curious faces against the glass.</p>
<p>Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of <strong>Louise Bethune</strong>, the first professional female architect in the United States. She and/or her husband, Robert A. Bethune, designed six of the schools in the collection. Other notable architects of these schools include Esenwein & Johnson, M.E. Beebe & Son, and Charles D. Swan.</p>
<p>The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building:</p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1100755/one">School days of yesterday: Buffalo Public School History</a> by G. Morton Weed.(2001) </p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:392248/one">From the Boiler Room, The Buffalo Public Schools 1807-1984: A History of the Buffalo Public Schools and the school engineers who maintain them</a> by G. Morton Weed. (1984)</p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:880491/one">Buffalo Common Council Proceedings</a>, 1908, pages 447-453. </p>
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Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
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March 1908
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
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Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL
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School No. 1, Seventh Street School
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This building at 360 Seventh Street was the third to house School No. 1. Built in 1897, it was later called the "Old Building" when another school was built on Front Ave (later Busti Ave). The old building closed in the 1960s and has since been demolished.
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Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
Date
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1908-03
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Buffalo (N.Y.)--Public schools
Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Public schools--New York (State)--Buffalo
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
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Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
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Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
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image/tiff
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Still Image
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Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)
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Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
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eng
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Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
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Title
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Description
An account of the resource
<p>This collection consists of photographs of Buffalo Public School buildings taken in March 1908. These 83 black & white platinum prints were originally mounted on black pages in an album. While the album is no longer intact, information noted on the photographs reveals they were produced for a building survey for the Buffalo Common Council. The Deputy Building Commissioner of the Department of Public Works wrote a report on the condition of the school buildings and submitted it to the Common Council in 1908.</p>
<p>The report paid particular attention to doors and fire escapes, and recommended safety improvements. Many of the photographs show the back or sides of the schools in order to document the fire escape(s). “Condemned” is written on some of the photos, but this may have been added at a later time. While the majority of the buildings documented here no longer exist today, most were still in use for many years after the photographs were taken.</p>
<p>In 1908, the Buffalo Public School System consisted of 62 primary schools, 3 high schools, and one public teacher’s college. Nine of the primary schools are no longer in this collection, lost before the photographs were acquired by the B&ECPL. Many of the buildings in use in 1908 were erected between 1880 and 1900, a period of heavy construction when student enrollment almost doubled. Often the schools pictured are actually the second or third building to serve the neighborhood. The school system was organized in 1838, and the original buildings were small wood schoolhouses. As Buffalo’s population grew with the annexation of Black Rock in 1853, and the influx of immigrants in the second half of the 19<sup>th</sup> century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students.</p>
<p>As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20<sup>th</sup> century. And while the schools are the main subjects of each photo, we also see a glimpse of life in 1908 Buffalo -- neighborhood shops, unpaved and brick roads, trolley car lines, early automobiles, and horse-drawn wagons. Some students took the opportunity to have their picture taken, and are lined up outside for the photographer. Others can be spotted peering out of the windows, curious faces against the glass.</p>
<p>Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of <strong>Louise Bethune</strong>, the first professional female architect in the United States. She and/or her husband, Robert A. Bethune, designed six of the schools in the collection. Other notable architects of these schools include Esenwein & Johnson, M.E. Beebe & Son, and Charles D. Swan.</p>
<p>The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building:</p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1100755/one">School days of yesterday: Buffalo Public School History</a> by G. Morton Weed.(2001) </p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:392248/one">From the Boiler Room, The Buffalo Public Schools 1807-1984: A History of the Buffalo Public Schools and the school engineers who maintain them</a> by G. Morton Weed. (1984)</p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:880491/one">Buffalo Common Council Proceedings</a>, 1908, pages 447-453. </p>
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Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
March 1908
Source
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Contributor
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Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
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School No. 3, Perry Street School
Description
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Built in 1851 at Perry & Illinois Streets, this structure replaced the first School 3 on the same site. The neighborhood later grew to be more commercial, and this building closed in 1921. School 3 was moved to a new builidng on Porter Avenue the next year.<br /><br />The building at Perry & Illinois has since been demolished.
Creator
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Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1908-03
Subject
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Buffalo (N.Y.)--Public schools
Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Public schools--New York (State)--Buffalo
Source
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Publisher
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Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
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Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
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image/tiff
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Still Image
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Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)
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Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
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eng
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Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
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Title
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Description
An account of the resource
<p>This collection consists of photographs of Buffalo Public School buildings taken in March 1908. These 83 black & white platinum prints were originally mounted on black pages in an album. While the album is no longer intact, information noted on the photographs reveals they were produced for a building survey for the Buffalo Common Council. The Deputy Building Commissioner of the Department of Public Works wrote a report on the condition of the school buildings and submitted it to the Common Council in 1908.</p>
<p>The report paid particular attention to doors and fire escapes, and recommended safety improvements. Many of the photographs show the back or sides of the schools in order to document the fire escape(s). “Condemned” is written on some of the photos, but this may have been added at a later time. While the majority of the buildings documented here no longer exist today, most were still in use for many years after the photographs were taken.</p>
<p>In 1908, the Buffalo Public School System consisted of 62 primary schools, 3 high schools, and one public teacher’s college. Nine of the primary schools are no longer in this collection, lost before the photographs were acquired by the B&ECPL. Many of the buildings in use in 1908 were erected between 1880 and 1900, a period of heavy construction when student enrollment almost doubled. Often the schools pictured are actually the second or third building to serve the neighborhood. The school system was organized in 1838, and the original buildings were small wood schoolhouses. As Buffalo’s population grew with the annexation of Black Rock in 1853, and the influx of immigrants in the second half of the 19<sup>th</sup> century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students.</p>
<p>As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20<sup>th</sup> century. And while the schools are the main subjects of each photo, we also see a glimpse of life in 1908 Buffalo -- neighborhood shops, unpaved and brick roads, trolley car lines, early automobiles, and horse-drawn wagons. Some students took the opportunity to have their picture taken, and are lined up outside for the photographer. Others can be spotted peering out of the windows, curious faces against the glass.</p>
<p>Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of <strong>Louise Bethune</strong>, the first professional female architect in the United States. She and/or her husband, Robert A. Bethune, designed six of the schools in the collection. Other notable architects of these schools include Esenwein & Johnson, M.E. Beebe & Son, and Charles D. Swan.</p>
<p>The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building:</p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1100755/one">School days of yesterday: Buffalo Public School History</a> by G. Morton Weed.(2001) </p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:392248/one">From the Boiler Room, The Buffalo Public Schools 1807-1984: A History of the Buffalo Public Schools and the school engineers who maintain them</a> by G. Morton Weed. (1984)</p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:880491/one">Buffalo Common Council Proceedings</a>, 1908, pages 447-453. </p>
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Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
Date
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March 1908
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Contributor
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Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
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Title
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School No. 4, Elk Street School
Description
An account of the resource
Built in 1849 at 425 South Park Avenue (formerly Elk Street and Abbott Road), this school was enlarged several times. In 1887, the design firm of Louise Bethune, Bethune & Bethune, designed an addition to the school. In 1925, this building was replaced by a new structure.
Creator
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Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1908-03
Subject
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Buffalo (N.Y.)--Public schools
Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Public schools--New York (State)--Buffalo
Source
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Publisher
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Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
Relation
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Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
Format
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image/tiff
Type
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Still Image
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)
Rights
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Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
Language
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eng
Contributor
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Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
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Title
A name given to the resource
Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Description
An account of the resource
<p>This collection consists of photographs of Buffalo Public School buildings taken in March 1908. These 83 black & white platinum prints were originally mounted on black pages in an album. While the album is no longer intact, information noted on the photographs reveals they were produced for a building survey for the Buffalo Common Council. The Deputy Building Commissioner of the Department of Public Works wrote a report on the condition of the school buildings and submitted it to the Common Council in 1908.</p>
<p>The report paid particular attention to doors and fire escapes, and recommended safety improvements. Many of the photographs show the back or sides of the schools in order to document the fire escape(s). “Condemned” is written on some of the photos, but this may have been added at a later time. While the majority of the buildings documented here no longer exist today, most were still in use for many years after the photographs were taken.</p>
<p>In 1908, the Buffalo Public School System consisted of 62 primary schools, 3 high schools, and one public teacher’s college. Nine of the primary schools are no longer in this collection, lost before the photographs were acquired by the B&ECPL. Many of the buildings in use in 1908 were erected between 1880 and 1900, a period of heavy construction when student enrollment almost doubled. Often the schools pictured are actually the second or third building to serve the neighborhood. The school system was organized in 1838, and the original buildings were small wood schoolhouses. As Buffalo’s population grew with the annexation of Black Rock in 1853, and the influx of immigrants in the second half of the 19<sup>th</sup> century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students.</p>
<p>As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20<sup>th</sup> century. And while the schools are the main subjects of each photo, we also see a glimpse of life in 1908 Buffalo -- neighborhood shops, unpaved and brick roads, trolley car lines, early automobiles, and horse-drawn wagons. Some students took the opportunity to have their picture taken, and are lined up outside for the photographer. Others can be spotted peering out of the windows, curious faces against the glass.</p>
<p>Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of <strong>Louise Bethune</strong>, the first professional female architect in the United States. She and/or her husband, Robert A. Bethune, designed six of the schools in the collection. Other notable architects of these schools include Esenwein & Johnson, M.E. Beebe & Son, and Charles D. Swan.</p>
<p>The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building:</p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1100755/one">School days of yesterday: Buffalo Public School History</a> by G. Morton Weed.(2001) </p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:392248/one">From the Boiler Room, The Buffalo Public Schools 1807-1984: A History of the Buffalo Public Schools and the school engineers who maintain them</a> by G. Morton Weed. (1984)</p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:880491/one">Buffalo Common Council Proceedings</a>, 1908, pages 447-453. </p>
Creator
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Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
March 1908
Source
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Contributor
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Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
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Title
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School No. 5, Seneca Street School
Description
An account of the resource
Built in 1890, this steam-heated building was located at 789 Seneca Street at the corner of Hydraulic Street. In 1905, it was renamed Seneca Vocational School. The school was in use under various names until 1955 and later torn down.
Creator
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Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1908-03
Subject
The topic of the resource
Buffalo (N.Y.)--Public schools
Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Public schools--New York (State)--Buffalo
Source
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Publisher
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Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
Relation
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Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
Format
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image/tiff
Type
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Still Image
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
Language
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eng
Contributor
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Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
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Title
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Description
An account of the resource
<p>This collection consists of photographs of Buffalo Public School buildings taken in March 1908. These 83 black & white platinum prints were originally mounted on black pages in an album. While the album is no longer intact, information noted on the photographs reveals they were produced for a building survey for the Buffalo Common Council. The Deputy Building Commissioner of the Department of Public Works wrote a report on the condition of the school buildings and submitted it to the Common Council in 1908.</p>
<p>The report paid particular attention to doors and fire escapes, and recommended safety improvements. Many of the photographs show the back or sides of the schools in order to document the fire escape(s). “Condemned” is written on some of the photos, but this may have been added at a later time. While the majority of the buildings documented here no longer exist today, most were still in use for many years after the photographs were taken.</p>
<p>In 1908, the Buffalo Public School System consisted of 62 primary schools, 3 high schools, and one public teacher’s college. Nine of the primary schools are no longer in this collection, lost before the photographs were acquired by the B&ECPL. Many of the buildings in use in 1908 were erected between 1880 and 1900, a period of heavy construction when student enrollment almost doubled. Often the schools pictured are actually the second or third building to serve the neighborhood. The school system was organized in 1838, and the original buildings were small wood schoolhouses. As Buffalo’s population grew with the annexation of Black Rock in 1853, and the influx of immigrants in the second half of the 19<sup>th</sup> century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students.</p>
<p>As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20<sup>th</sup> century. And while the schools are the main subjects of each photo, we also see a glimpse of life in 1908 Buffalo -- neighborhood shops, unpaved and brick roads, trolley car lines, early automobiles, and horse-drawn wagons. Some students took the opportunity to have their picture taken, and are lined up outside for the photographer. Others can be spotted peering out of the windows, curious faces against the glass.</p>
<p>Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of <strong>Louise Bethune</strong>, the first professional female architect in the United States. She and/or her husband, Robert A. Bethune, designed six of the schools in the collection. Other notable architects of these schools include Esenwein & Johnson, M.E. Beebe & Son, and Charles D. Swan.</p>
<p>The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building:</p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1100755/one">School days of yesterday: Buffalo Public School History</a> by G. Morton Weed.(2001) </p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:392248/one">From the Boiler Room, The Buffalo Public Schools 1807-1984: A History of the Buffalo Public Schools and the school engineers who maintain them</a> by G. Morton Weed. (1984)</p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:880491/one">Buffalo Common Council Proceedings</a>, 1908, pages 447-453. </p>
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
March 1908
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
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Title
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School No. 6, South Division Street School
Description
An account of the resource
Located at 248 South Division Street, this 1868 building was used as a primary grade school until 1954. The school has since been demolished.
Creator
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Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1908-03
Subject
The topic of the resource
Buffalo (N.Y.)--Public schools
Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Public schools--New York (State)--Buffalo
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Publisher
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Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
Relation
A related resource
Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
image/tiff
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Still Image
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Contributor
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Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
Description
An account of the resource
<p>This collection consists of photographs of Buffalo Public School buildings taken in March 1908. These 83 black & white platinum prints were originally mounted on black pages in an album. While the album is no longer intact, information noted on the photographs reveals they were produced for a building survey for the Buffalo Common Council. The Deputy Building Commissioner of the Department of Public Works wrote a report on the condition of the school buildings and submitted it to the Common Council in 1908.</p>
<p>The report paid particular attention to doors and fire escapes, and recommended safety improvements. Many of the photographs show the back or sides of the schools in order to document the fire escape(s). “Condemned” is written on some of the photos, but this may have been added at a later time. While the majority of the buildings documented here no longer exist today, most were still in use for many years after the photographs were taken.</p>
<p>In 1908, the Buffalo Public School System consisted of 62 primary schools, 3 high schools, and one public teacher’s college. Nine of the primary schools are no longer in this collection, lost before the photographs were acquired by the B&ECPL. Many of the buildings in use in 1908 were erected between 1880 and 1900, a period of heavy construction when student enrollment almost doubled. Often the schools pictured are actually the second or third building to serve the neighborhood. The school system was organized in 1838, and the original buildings were small wood schoolhouses. As Buffalo’s population grew with the annexation of Black Rock in 1853, and the influx of immigrants in the second half of the 19<sup>th</sup> century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students.</p>
<p>As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20<sup>th</sup> century. And while the schools are the main subjects of each photo, we also see a glimpse of life in 1908 Buffalo -- neighborhood shops, unpaved and brick roads, trolley car lines, early automobiles, and horse-drawn wagons. Some students took the opportunity to have their picture taken, and are lined up outside for the photographer. Others can be spotted peering out of the windows, curious faces against the glass.</p>
<p>Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of <strong>Louise Bethune</strong>, the first professional female architect in the United States. She and/or her husband, Robert A. Bethune, designed six of the schools in the collection. Other notable architects of these schools include Esenwein & Johnson, M.E. Beebe & Son, and Charles D. Swan.</p>
<p>The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building:</p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1100755/one">School days of yesterday: Buffalo Public School History</a> by G. Morton Weed.(2001) </p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:392248/one">From the Boiler Room, The Buffalo Public Schools 1807-1984: A History of the Buffalo Public Schools and the school engineers who maintain them</a> by G. Morton Weed. (1984)</p>
<p><a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:880491/one">Buffalo Common Council Proceedings</a>, 1908, pages 447-453. </p>
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Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
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March 1908
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
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Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL
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School No. 7, South Bailey Avenue School
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The first image shows the school located at 649 Bailey Avenue near Clinton Street. Built in 1891, it operated as School 7 until 1922 and was an annex to various other schools until 1950.
The "Old Building" in the second photo was built in 1845 and was located at South Division and Ellicott Streets.
Neither building remains today.
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Buffalo (N.Y.). Department of Public Works
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1908-03
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Buffalo (N.Y.)--Public schools
Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Public schools--New York (State)--Buffalo
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Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908
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Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
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Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
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image/tiff
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Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)
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Digital image copyright 2018 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
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eng
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Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)