One-room school, Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. Photo by John Collier, Jr,. 1943.
This preserved scene shows A female teacher stands over one of three children studying at desks in a wood-slatted room. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: One-room school, Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. Photo by John Collier, Jr,. 1943.
This preserved scene shows A female teacher stands over one of three children studying at desks in a wood-slatted room. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: One-room school, Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. Photo by John Collier, Jr,. 1943.
Historical photographs preserve details that written records can miss: clothing, tools, architecture, body language, and the ordinary environments around important changes.
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