Central School was situated on Lorne Avenue between 5th Street and 6th Street.
Custodial History
Donated to Fred McGuinness by Allena Strath (nee Coombs).
Scope and Content
Postcard depicts an outdoor class photograph of the 1907-1908 Central School Grade 6 class. The class is posing outside of the school. The girls are wearing dresses and the boys are wearing suits and ties.
Notes
Back of postcard reads: Grade VI, Allena Coombs, 1907-1908.
Frank Pimentel's images of 'One Room Dwellings' provide a commentary on people's lives and their place in the society. The portraits of people in their homes, surrounded by objects that define their daily life, their aspirations or dreams, seem first straightforwardly objective. Nevertheless, the political content in these images is not accidentally delivered by the camera lens. Pimentel is not merely an eye behind the camera; rather than sentimental longings, the artist offers his audience a critical and at the same time understanding view of human condition.
Dimensions
40 X 32 cm
Size Overall
50.5 X 40.5 cm
Medium
Limited edition portfolio of 30 Ektacolor photographs
"Sanctioned by the Council of Public Instruction, Quebec, for the elementary and model schools, protestant and Catholic and as a general English reader in French schools"
How to read : a drill book for the cultivation of the speaking voice, and for correct and expressive reading : adapted for the use of schools, and for private instruction
Book stacks and study carrels. Library and Arts Building, Library Mezzanine floor looking north from south stairway as laid out when building was opened. Anne Lane (Student Library Assistant)
Modern school geography and atlas : authorized by the councils of Public Instruction for the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island
