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This series of pictures show what is most likely a Memorial Day ceremony in Alford, MA. The pictures show the Alford school students holding bouquets of flowers and flags. They are shown in the Alford Village Cemetery, in front of the Alford school,…

Alma Porter, teacher of hygiene and physical education from 1926 to 1929. The back of the card is marked with her name in pencil and ink.

Cat on the normal school property. Church Street can be seen in the background. On the back (in pencil): "Fluffy Boots"

The buildings in the photograph are, left to right, the Principal's House (now Smith House), Taconic Hall (dormitory) and College Hall, now Murdock Hall. Murdock Hall and Smith House were named after the first principal's of the normal school: Frank…

A view of the east side of College Hall. Note the horse-drawn carts in the foreground. The back is blank.

This is a modern print made from a glass plate negative purchased through ebay. The photograph was taken just about the time the school opened, judging from the state of the ground around the building. The upper right corner of the glass plate is…

Dorothy Murdock, daughter of Frank Fuller Murdock, and Myron Smith, son of Roy Leon Smith, on the west side of Murdock Hall. The old Mark Hopkins School can be seen in the background. On the back: (in pencil): "Dorothy Murdock/& Myron/Principal…

A view of the east side of Smith House in the snow. The back is blank.

Two photos of the east side of Taconic Hall, the dormitory. Taconic Hall was built to provide housing for the female students at the normal school. Eventually it became the men's dormitory and was then razed in 1978. 'Taconic Hall' is written on the…

Eight normal school students. On the back (in ink): "1913/group/local students/* is/Jenny/Rosenberg/(Fyler)"

Elizabeth Jenkins, Supervisor of Extension Department and teacher of rural education, and Roy Leon Smith, Principal standing in front of the west entrance to the principal's house. On the back (in ink): "Elizabeth Jenkins/& Roy Leon Smith"; (in…