Three people standing in front of one of the entrances to Murdock Hall on the east side. On the back (in ink): "left to right/Frank Staples/(painted picture on south/wall of living room)/?/Roy Leon Smith" Stamped (in red ink) "Mar 6 1944" If the man…
Normal school students at what is probably the class ivy planting ceremony, Murdock Hall. Fashion and hairstyles would support an approximate date of 1920. The back is marked (in crayon) with the number 2.
Majel Smith, daughter of Roy Leon Smith. She is sitting on the terraced lawn on the west side of College Hall. She later graduated from the normal school. Her father was a member of the faculty and then principal. Her married name was Brothers. On…
Majel Smith, daughter of Principal Roy Leon Smith and normal school graduate in 1927. On the back (in pencil): "Majel Smith/Daughter of Principal/Roy Leon Smith/Normal School graduate/1927"
Mark Hopkins students constructing a building. They may have been working on a garden shed or the forge. The houses in the background, which were demolished c2000, are on the site of the current Feigenbaum Center for Science and Technology. The back…
Mark Hopkins Training School students building either a garden shed or forge.The gymnasium and corner of the school can be seen on the left. The view is east toward Church St. The back is blank.
Mill River School. Mill River is part of New Marlborough, MA. On the back (in pencil): "Mill River" A similar view of the school can be see on page 56 of A Pictorial History of New Marlborough by Jon Swan and John Sisson and published by the New…
Normal school faculty on Mt. Greylock. On the back (in pencil): "Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Smith/Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Sperry on Greylock"; (in ink) "(a windy day)" The Smiths and the Sperrys are in the foreground.
Normal school faculty and students at Stony Ledge near Mt. Greylock. On the back (in red pencil): "Group N.A.N.S. students taken at Stony Ledge and Greylock."