Ghosts of DC The lost and untold history of Washington
Here’s an interesting scene that you probably wouldn’t see kindergarten today. This classroom of children is learning about, what appears to be, the anatomy of a live dog. This was taken by the local great, Frances Benjamin Johnston.
Classroom scenes in Washington, D.C. public schools: studying live dog, 5th Division -1899 (Library of Congress)
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