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                  <text>&lt;p&gt;This collection consists of photographs of Buffalo Public School buildings taken in March 1908.  These 83 black &amp;amp; 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.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; 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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of &lt;strong&gt;Louise Bethune&lt;/strong&gt;, 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 &amp;amp; Johnson, M.E. Beebe &amp;amp; Son, and Charles D. Swan.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1100755/one"&gt;School days of yesterday: Buffalo Public School History&lt;/a&gt; by G. Morton Weed.(2001) &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:392248/one"&gt;From the Boiler Room, The Buffalo Public Schools 1807-1984: A History of the Buffalo Public Schools and the school engineers who maintain them&lt;/a&gt; by G. Morton Weed. (1984)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1100755/one"&gt;School days of yesterday: Buffalo Public School History&lt;/a&gt; by G. Morton Weed.(2001) &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:392248/one"&gt;From the Boiler Room, The Buffalo Public Schools 1807-1984: A History of the Buffalo Public Schools and the school engineers who maintain them&lt;/a&gt; by G. Morton Weed. (1984)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; 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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some of the primary schools were designed by the architectural firm of &lt;strong&gt;Louise Bethune&lt;/strong&gt;, 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 &amp;amp; Johnson, M.E. Beebe &amp;amp; Son, and Charles D. Swan.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1100755/one"&gt;School days of yesterday: Buffalo Public School History&lt;/a&gt; by G. Morton Weed.(2001) &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:392248/one"&gt;From the Boiler Room, The Buffalo Public Schools 1807-1984: A History of the Buffalo Public Schools and the school engineers who maintain them&lt;/a&gt; by G. Morton Weed. (1984)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; 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.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1100755/one"&gt;School days of yesterday: Buffalo Public School History&lt;/a&gt; by G. Morton Weed.(2001) &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:392248/one"&gt;From the Boiler Room, The Buffalo Public Schools 1807-1984: A History of the Buffalo Public Schools and the school engineers who maintain them&lt;/a&gt; by G. Morton Weed. (1984)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1100755/one"&gt;School days of yesterday: Buffalo Public School History&lt;/a&gt; by G. Morton Weed.(2001) &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1100755/one"&gt;School days of yesterday: Buffalo Public School History&lt;/a&gt; by G. Morton Weed.(2001) &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; 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.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1100755/one"&gt;School days of yesterday: Buffalo Public School History&lt;/a&gt; by G. Morton Weed.(2001) &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; 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.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1100755/one"&gt;School days of yesterday: Buffalo Public School History&lt;/a&gt; by G. Morton Weed.(2001) &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;As most of the buildings in these photographs no longer exist, this collection is a snapshot of educational architecture in the early 20&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; 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.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The following sources were essential in describing the brief history of each building:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1100755/one"&gt;School days of yesterday: Buffalo Public School History&lt;/a&gt; by G. Morton Weed.(2001) &lt;/p&gt;
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