1 20 55 https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/814fa4557bdd9a14bcef17e3dfcbc8af.jpg 64fb0bd0cdf27f017058877fbb5f2814 https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/e75504295dfb1a20b3eadf17766daa3a.jpg dd88e877d9ae819da0b2a99340f9c1b8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908 Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 19th century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students. As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20th 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. Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of Louise Bethune, 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. The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building: <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) <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) <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. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Central High School Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository) https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/477534e800554384cdffe1548924236b.jpg a872226e7834bd31c8b3fb33ddd6d3b5 https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/70f073a0981976eb3800bb4a1c06ff46.jpg 712e3904b442e510c6b1d1f947de21fe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908 Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 19th century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students. As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20th 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. Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of Louise Bethune, 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. The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building: <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) <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) <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. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lafayette High School Description An account of the resource Buffalo's third high school, located at 370 Lafayette Ave, was built in 1903. The stone, brick and terra-cotta structure in the French Renaissance Revival style was designed by architects August Esenwein and James A. Johnson. The building has continually been in use by the Buffalo Public Schools. 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 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository) https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/40e950eb03b54950b5b2276d2cdd54ec.jpg a3285f2c0645536176791cf50da0fcca https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/8391d111fd50b3fee1de3bbf087a5bee.jpg f344b3b33bef180fd431e986fdc02fa2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908 Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 19th century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students. As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20th 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. Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of Louise Bethune, 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. The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building: <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) <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) <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. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Masten Park High School Description An account of the resource 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;"> 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. 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 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository) https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/dff1d4f703e8a6559c82abd27acb81c0.jpg 1dc9589f95ab7b358c467a7841de861f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908 Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 19th century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students. As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20th 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. Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of Louise Bethune, 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. The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building: <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) <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) <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. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Normal School Description An account of the resource 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. 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 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 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository) https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/f97f39645964ea66f9bda7ec582cd10c.jpg 064769cad6ec7b5b4eeef4cf0fa20cb9 https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/e685bd668018660922829cf5263fdebf.jpg 843013af5c5605c06a5a097f6b99d255 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908 Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 19th century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students. As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20th 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. Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of Louise Bethune, 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. The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building: <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) <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) <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. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource School No. 1, Seventh Street School Description An account of the resource 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. 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 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository) https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/464b9a00efd8809d0ecff02d43e97cfb.jpg 28a8e0a8fcf5fce7be27f1785650a672 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908 Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 19th century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students. As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20th 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. Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of Louise Bethune, 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. The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building: <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) <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) <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. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource School No. 11, Elm Street School Description An account of the resource This was the third building to house School 11. It was built in 1890 at 102 Elm Street. A Mechanics Art School was developed here, which later became Technical High School. Elm Vocational High School also began here, and changed to Burgard Vocational High School when the school moved to Kensington Avenue. School 11 relocated to Poplar Avenue in 1922, and the building on Elm Street closed in the 1950s. It has since been torn down. 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 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository) https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/746cf404c1b5f91c20ba54158b5eb4f2.jpg 40864359ad1795fbbd600aa2c4d9ac86 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908 Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 19th century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students. As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20th 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. Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of Louise Bethune, 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. The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building: <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) <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) <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. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource School No. 12, Spruce Street School Description An account of the resource Built in 1898 at 30 Spruce Street, this was the third structure to house School 12. It was replaced in 1958 with a school on nearby Ash Street. The 1898 building no longer exists. 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 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository) https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/56b3ab4da23ed152ec1ccb6ca2628bec.jpg 6f87381bb9d5e9b2219547e1214e53ea Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908 Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 19th century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students. As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20th 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. Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of Louise Bethune, 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. The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building: <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) <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) <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. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource School No. 13, South Oak Street School Description An account of the resource This was the second School 13 building, constructed in 1856 at 278 Oak Street. An addition enlarged the building in 1883. These structures were replaced in 1913 with a new building on the same site, later known as Buffalo Alternative School. 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 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository) https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/cade60de300f5a4f0f45c827f01b558c.jpg 2a127ce84013808baad450d35c14ab8a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908 Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 19th century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students. As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20th 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. Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of Louise Bethune, 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. The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building: <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) <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) <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. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource School No. 15, Oak Street School Description An account of the resource This building was the third structure to house School 15 at 518 Oak Street. It was in use until 1965, and has since been demolished. 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 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository) https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/e7dc96bda6f25fa7be331a08812493eb.jpg 57c55490f9638aa8dbb01f9964255af0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908 Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 19th century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students. As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20th 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. Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of Louise Bethune, 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. The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building: <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) <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) <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. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource School No. 16, Delaware Avenue School Description An account of the resource In 1899, this building replaced the original School 16 at 939 Delaware Avenue near Bryant Street. It was last used for educational purposes in 1976, when the school closed during desegregation. The building was converted to apartments in the 1980s and remains in use as of 2018. 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 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository) https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/cc3a4483010bb32b15db10323f5de948.jpg 2cab78a8cf847d3a15b6dcfaf4431aaa https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/dcc902cedb7919f91f15942c1d7699f7.jpg 9c2901d37aef00403ee6b944bf0e89d6 https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/16b0437c0dde642a08c1a538f1d194de.jpg e29d47f289be3fd69d50914065e72500 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908 Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 19th century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students. As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20th 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. Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of Louise Bethune, 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. The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building: <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) <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) <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. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource School No. 18, School Street School Description An account of the resource In 1908, School 18 consisted of three structures at 770 West Avenue and School Street: <ol><li>The first photograph shows the 3-story "New building," constructed in 1898.</li> <li>The "Old building" pictured next, is a 2-story building from 1874.</li> <li>The last photo is the one story brick annex added in 1887. The "Cooking School" housed manual training (for boys) and domestic science (for girls) programs.</li> </ol> A new school building replaced these in 1940 at 118 Hampshire Street. The older structures no longer exist. 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 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository) https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/fab5c7633d698546c6046d41e865a86b.jpg c1307a9fa4d3403810df997579f6a7fa https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/db53ec285d6e8e733108a9caa604525d.jpg ad2321dca90594bc43523193ef2a5e3a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908 Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 19th century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students. As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20th 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. Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of Louise Bethune, 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. The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building: <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) <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) <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. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource School No. 20, Amherst Street School Description An account of the resource This School 20 replaced previous buildings at East and Amherst Streets in 1877. A horticulture program began here in 1907, and the school became Black Rock Vocational in 1910. The school later moved to Elmwood Avenue and was renamed McKinley High School. The building at East and Amherst closed in 1935 and has since been demolished. 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 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository) https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/49dd2b65f1b1fd6f1fef59bad8914ccb.jpg 0cedabe2ac5ae54f0af50a5da4d2c90f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908 Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 19th century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students. As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20th 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. Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of Louise Bethune, 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. The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building: <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) <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) <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. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource School No. 21, Hertel Avenue School Description An account of the resource This building replaced the two-room schoolhouse located at 1000 Hertel Avenue. When it was constructed in 1901, the school was across the street from the grounds of the Pan American Exposition. School 21 served the community until 1980, and the building has since been torn down. 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 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository) https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/b26022c82bf27e20ab58f7644d36271c.jpg 47da5bf9f1a420e80b1760fc88db685c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908 Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 19th century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students. As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20th 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. Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of Louise Bethune, 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. The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building: <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) <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) <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. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource School No. 22, North Main Street School Description An account of the resource This school was constructed in 1906 at 90 Huntington Avenue. It later became an annex to School 54, and closed in 1980 during desegregation. The building has since been converted to private apartments. 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 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository) https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/d77a60dc314b322c91b20b6c4873bf80.jpg 552eef7176b1490de64a9fd04a403ea6 https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/2eabab5f75291a4a4ff779b99962ab2b.jpg 77831bd60b2f553d8a45028d81508438 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908 Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 19th century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students. As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20th 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. Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of Louise Bethune, 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. The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building: <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) <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) <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. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource School No. 24, Fillmore Avenue School Description An account of the resource The first building pictured was the 1888 "Old Buildilng" designed by the architectural firm of Cyrus K. Porter & Son. It was located at 1082 Fillmore Avenue near Genesee. The school closed in 1955, and was replaced by senior housing. The "New Building" in the second photograph was built in 1901 across the street, at 775 Best Street. It was designed in the Renaissance Revival style by architect Charles D. Swan. School No. 59 relocated to this building in 1976. As of 2018, the building is in use as the annex to PS 80 Highgate Heights. 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 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository) https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/0065f32b5a43d3b76f8f92e1959473af.jpg 58b6e86f7eee4bddca24c4252a3da817 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908 Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 19th century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students. As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20th 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. Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of Louise Bethune, 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. The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building: <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) <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) <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. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource School No. 25, Lewis Street School Description An account of the resource This school was constructed in 1873 at 256 Lewis Street, replacing the previous wood schoolhouse 25 on Batavia Street. This building closed in 1949, and no longer exists. 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 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository) https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/f70a67cdfe37541f55437d4b15ba3ba9.jpg 3b4a0177dcc5a852110345d718af079d https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/7374a59f8110e068448e8679583ede6a.jpg 79780a93d5046d9420483a3ff35faf78 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908 Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 19th century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students. As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20th 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. Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of Louise Bethune, 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. The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building: <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) <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) <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. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource School No. 26, Milton Street School Description An account of the resource Built in 1888 at 101 Milton Street, this school was designed by Louise Bethune's architectural firm, Bethune & Bethune. It was described by Buffalo Express newspaper in 1889 as having 121 rooms, Queenstown-stone trimmings, and “finished in soapstone of light and attractive colors. There are transoms over the outside windows, and the light and ventilation are declared to be perfect.” A new school was built on the same block in 1926, and this building was demolished. 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 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository) https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/5f5e8566392aa42d62bdeed59e1fe861.jpg 4dede0f95166db299a2b0a48030e2fdf https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/3e6fe496a0cd08547b0621ff354e6929.jpg a7250fdffd674d7c24a435b81276b08e https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/f51c7348e2a479d2b41dcc46421259f1.jpg 73e440fc168ddba4afd8badbdacfe53a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908 Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 19th century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students. As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20th 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. Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of Louise Bethune, 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. The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building: <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) <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) <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. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource School No. 27, Mineral Springs Road School Description An account of the resource The first photograph is of the small schoolhouse 27 built in 1864 on Cazenovia Street. The next two images show the replacement building built at 41 Mineral Springs Road near Seneca in 1896. This structure housed School 27 until 1963. Neither early structure still exists. 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 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository) https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/8aef0c0060981874b83d1d69d565a8bf.jpg 2c4c92e7427e64a32cd7c45952e72de5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908 Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 19th century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students. As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20th 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. Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of Louise Bethune, 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. The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building: <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) <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) <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. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource School No. 28, Abbott Road School Description An account of the resource This school was built in 1888 and designed by architect Charles Swan. Located at 1515 South Park (formerly Abbott Road and Triangle), this school was also known as Triangle Academy. This building was demolished in 1963 to make way for a new School 28. 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 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository) https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/4987dacb08f14a09b4c536f281eaf700.jpg 3cf856f7e3927e1ce8ccaf0296398f4e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Public School Buildings, 1908 Description An account of the resource 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. 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. 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 19th century, there was a need for larger schools, and more districts to handle the increase in students. As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20th 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. Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of Louise Bethune, 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. The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building: <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) <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) <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. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource School No. 29, South Park School Description An account of the resource Built in 1906, this building replaced the original school at 2219 South Park Avenue. It closed in 1980 during desegregation and later became a Buffalo Police Station. The building has recently housed charter schools, and still exists (as of 2018). 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 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)