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Title: 1860 First schoolhouse and social hall in Saratoga
Contributor: Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998 (collector)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1860
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Contributing Institution: San José Public Library, California Room
Collection: Historic Photograph Collection
Rights Information: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the California Room: http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/ca/contacts_index.htm
Description: Group of about thirty children stand in front of the schoolhouse for Redwood Township District No. 1 (now Saratoga district). It was used as a schoolhouse from 1854 until 1866 when the building was condemned. It was also used as a social hall and meeting house for the Old Sons of Temperance. The structure was built of hand-hewn redwood shakes.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg2000
Scanned with Epson Perfection V350 Photo Scanner as a 800 dpi TIFF image in 16-bit Grayscale. Compressed into 8-bit, JPEG format and Auto Level image adjustment applied using Photoshop CS2.
Extent: 5 x 7 in.
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/arbuckle/id/469
Language: English
Subject: Children
Buildings
Schools
Students
Place: Saratoga
California
Source: Clyde Arbuckle Photograph Collection

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