Graduates of Siebel’s Brewing Academy, 1907, Chicago.
Second photo at Siebel’s, 1909
Established in Chicago in 1868 and now known as the Siebel Institute of Technology, is one of the world’s oldest brewing schools.
Evidently, it was a thing to have photos taken with your cadaver during med school.
The first picture is from the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, 1894.
The second is from the Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1902.
A boy’s dog has followed him to Burnham Elementary (1903 E 96th) on the first day of school, 1953, Chicago.
The Eliza Chappel School, roughly now where Wacker meets State, 1833, Chicago.
This was the first school in Chicago supported by public funds, hence the first public school.
The Rumsey School, the first owned and run by the “city”, south east corner of Madison and Dearborn, 1844, Chicago.
Students during class at the Mary Crane Open-Air School, c.1910, Chicago. The open air school movement began to create optimal learning environments for students who were anemic, undernourished, etc…Mary Crane School is still around, but not since the 1930’s has it been open air.
Those kids look cold.