- US IHigp 1996.5-0345
- Item
- 1918-01-03
Photograph (of image?) taken at Chicago Historical Society by Smith "old [Gustavus] Pape house showing approach of erosion by river.
Smith, Jesse Lowe, Superintendent of Schools, Highland Park, Illinois
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Photograph (of image?) taken at Chicago Historical Society by Smith "old [Gustavus] Pape house showing approach of erosion by river.
Smith, Jesse Lowe, Superintendent of Schools, Highland Park, Illinois
Jesse Lowe Smith Image Collection
The Jesse Lowe Smith Image Collection was created by Jesse Lowe Smith, who was principal of the Elm Place School and Superintendent of Schools in Highland Park, Illinois for 32 years until his death in 1934. Smith took the bulk of the photographs himself specifically for educational purposes . Smith had a life-long interest in nature, culture and the arts. Smith promoted an innovative and progressive educational style by including nature expeditions and theatrical productions as part of Elm Place School’s curriculum. The collection consists of 3”x4” glass slides and 5”x7” glass photographs and negative plates which either were taken by Jesse Lowe Smith himself, or which he purchased from a Highland Park photographer, E.E. Parratt or from the Nichol’s Slide Company (a provider of educational slides). Some of the slides are hand-colored by Charlotte Pinkerton, an artist who at the time worked in Chicago. The slides collection range from 1907 to 1933 with the bulk being from 1911 to 1914. The bulk of the images are botanical in nature, focusing on plant studies, trees, and flowers and include landscape scenes. There are also images of Elm Place School including classrooms and artwork exhibited in the school, some class photos of students and teachers, the outside of the school, and theatrical productions of a play and operetta. The collection includes travel photographs from trips Smith took to Montana, the Pacific Northwest, and abroad. There are also slides of song lyrics, flags and history lessons. Thus far, the following series are created: Botanical slides; Travel photographs from Smith’s travels abroad, notably India, but also Europe; and a third series for Lincolniana of photographs relating to Abraham Lincoln.
There is a second collection of botanical slides from Elm Place School currently in the possession of the Park District of Highland Park which exhibited them in 1995. There may be overlap between the two collections.
Smith, Jesse Lowe, Superintendent of Schools, Highland Park, Illinois
Neg no. 157 : Lincolniana ; Homes of Lincoln in swinging frame
A black and white photograph taken of various homes that Lincoln used to live at, on display at Elm Place School.
Neg no. 183 : Lincolniana ; Gettysburg battlefield swinging frame
A black and white photograph taken of a series of photographs depicting the battlefield of Gettysburg on display at Elm Place School.
Neg no. 182 : Lincolniana ; Bas relief Lincoln in swinging frame.
A black and white photograph taken of the Lincoln Bas Reliefs on display at Elm Place School.
Neg no. 182 : Lincolniana ; Bas relief Lincoln in swinging frame
Elm Place School (Highland Park, Ill.).
Neg no. 180 : Lincolniana ; Small portraits of Lincoln in swinging frames
A black and white photograph taken of a series of Lincoln portraits on display at Elm Place School, Highland Park.
Neg no. 178 : Lincolniana ; Lincoln display
A black and white photograph taken of a few portraits of and pertaining to the life of Abraham Lincoln as displayed at Elm Place School, Highland Park.
Neg. no. 175 : Lincolniana ; Lincoln portraits in swinging frame
A black and white photograph taken of 4 Lincoln portraits.
Neg. no. 186 : Miss Grunewald's Blackboard drawings (2 of 3)
"And so as Tiny Tim Observed, God Bless Us Everyone."