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Collection: 00028 - Arthur E. Thompson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00003
Title: Playground apparatus outside of a one room school
Date: ca. 1930
Creator: Thompson, Arthur E
Inscription/Marks: On the front: *Playground Apparatus* One Room School. On the back: 28-3..0028-003.
Summary: Children pose on a Mitchell merry-go-round, which was patented in 1926 by the Mitchell Manufacturing Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The merry-go-round is made of pipes, planks of wood and cable. The merry-go-round, not only goes in circles, but with this swivel joint, each of the vertical poles can push in toward the center, around in a loop, and out again, while the merry-go-round is going around. At the top of the middle pipe is a flag with Mitchell Mfg. Co.. The boys are all wearing overalls and the girls are wearing dresses. The young teacherl has a white dress with white tights, dress shoes and a cloche hat. The flat plains stretch off to the horizon in the background. Taken by the McLean County Superintendent of Schools, Arthur E. Thompson.
Red ID: PH_I_142092 Image ID: 103065 Image Notes: 00028-00003

Collection: 00028 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Arthur E. Thompson Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1924

Summary: Photographs taken by Arthur E. Thompson, McLean County Superintendent of Schools, of school and Parent-Teacher Association events in Washburn (N.D.), rural McLean County (N.D.), and Medora (N.D.).

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