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Jefferson School: Class of 1889

Photograph
The Jefferson School was one of three schools in existence in 1857, when Millburn was established. A simple one-room wooden schoolhouse, it operated until 1906, after which time elementary grade students were sent to the Washington, Short Hills or Wyoming Schools. This photograph is dated 1889, when Miss Emma J. Baker was the teacher. Pictured are: Miss Emma J. Baker, teacher-gentleman teacher unidentified. Some of the students in the picture are: William Couch, Ralph Buffington, Richmond-, Appleton-, Grace Meeker, Eleanor Mary Meeker, Henrietta Keeney, (Emma Baker, Teacher), Ethel Spear, Susan Bailey, Helen Barnett, Harry F. Meeker, Edna Bailey & Lilian Bailey.

1976.002.041

Centennial Collection

1976.002

2 1/2 x 3 7/8" print, 4 3/4 x 9 3/8" sepia print, 2 3/8 x 3 13/16" negative, 16x 20" mounted print with bottom border of 3 5/8"

         Old Short Hills and Parsonage Hill Road. Miss Emma J. Baker, teacher; Image ID # 41

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