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Collection Summary
Collection: 00028 - Arthur E. Thompson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00005
Title: Playground apparatus at an Open Country Consolidated School, McLean County (N.D.)
Date: 4/25/1929
Creator: Thompson, Arthur E
Inscription/Marks: On the front: *Playground Apparatus* Open Country Consolidated School. On the back: col 28-5.
Summary: Taken by McLean County, N.D, Superintendent of Schools, Arthur E. Thompson at a school in his area. A large group of children sit on swings, see-saws, rings and trapeze. Boys are wear short pants, overalls or jeans with coats and newsboy hats. The girls are wear dresses with tights and shoes. The plains stretch off to the horizon in the background.
Red ID: PH_I_142094 Image ID: 103067 Image Notes: 00028-00005

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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