Schools, and the kids who attended them, sure did look different a century ago. From one-room schoolhouses to vintage buses, this is what school looked like in the early 1900s.
- Young women shelling butterbeans at the Tennessee Industrial School
TEVA We’re not sure if that’s an elective we’d want to take.
- Teaching soil conservation
TEVA This was apparently an academic option in 1953.
- Fisk University, back in the day
Knox County Public Library This may not be a photograph, but it’s neat to see the way it was in the late 1800s.
- The Perkins School, Knoxville
TEVA Once upon a time in Knoxville…
- Flenniken School Group
Knox Public Library It’s a trip to see all the long gowns and hats in this photo!
- The smart Ivey Bluff school girls
TEVA Circa the 1950’s.
- Once upon a time the principal of the Gibbs School lived here
Knox Public Library In 1927, that is.
- The Lovell School, with all their sweet students
Knox Public Library This shot of all the students and teachers was taken in 1904.
- Assembly time at Central
Knox Public Library It was quite the event in 1938.
- 1921 saw the beginning of the Smithwood schoolbus
Knox Public Library This. Was a school bus.
- Here’s Central High School administration in 1940
Knox Public Library They look like an exciting bunch, don’t you think?
- A group of young ones at the Spring Hill School Group, sometime in the early 1900’s
Knox Public Library Spring Hill doesn’t look like this anymore.
- Here’s a group of students at the Hopewell School
Knox Public Library This photo was taken in 1905.
- Music time at the Bell House
Knox Public Library 1913 was a happenin’ time for these kids.
- It was a snowy winter at the Paulette School
Knox Public Library This photo was taken around 1920.
- Tech at the Bowman School
Knox Public Library Can you imagine working with this type of equipment?
- Powell Grammar School in 1913
Knox Public Library What sweet little ones - our grandparents, our great grandparents.
Do you know any of the stories behind these photographs? Let us know in the comments below!
TEVA
We’re not sure if that’s an elective we’d want to take.
This was apparently an academic option in 1953.
Knox County Public Library
This may not be a photograph, but it’s neat to see the way it was in the late 1800s.
Once upon a time in Knoxville…
Knox Public Library
It’s a trip to see all the long gowns and hats in this photo!
Circa the 1950’s.
In 1927, that is.
This shot of all the students and teachers was taken in 1904.
It was quite the event in 1938.
This. Was a school bus.
They look like an exciting bunch, don’t you think?
Spring Hill doesn’t look like this anymore.
This photo was taken in 1905.
1913 was a happenin’ time for these kids.
This photo was taken around 1920.
Can you imagine working with this type of equipment?
What sweet little ones - our grandparents, our great grandparents.
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