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A 1910 Advertisement for the Cathedral School for Boys

A Washington Herald advertisement promoted the National Cathedral School for Boys in 1910.

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If you went to St. Albans, you will probably find this fascinating. If you know someone that went there, send this to them.

It’s an old advertisement from the Washington Herald, back in 1910. The school was founded only three years earlier as The National Cathedral School for Boys.

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