After purchasing this photo from an antiques auction, we discovered the names of the students on the board backing. I’m listing the names exactly as they appear and apologize for any spelling errors, as this is how they are written on the board.
It should be noted that a piece of paper accompanying the photo states that the school is in either Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, or Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania. The previous owner was not sure. After checking burial records, it appears that the location could have been either town. In addition, the accompanying note stated that the photo was “circa 1900.” After double-checking birthdates of a few students, it appears that the photo is most likely from 1905 or 1906.
We’ve tried to decipher the letters in the names as best as possible, but many are hard to read due to the pencil fading and the quality of the handwriting itself. From what we can tell, the teacher’s name was not listed.
We’ve tried to decipher the letters in the names as best as possible, but many are hard to read due to the pencil fading and the quality of the handwriting itself. From what we can tell, the teacher’s name was not listed.
FIRST ROW: Mabel Diebert, Mary Haeseler, George Kauffman, Mary Lessig, Paul Sell, May Yeager, Lester Fisher, Anna Stauffer, Robert Moyer, Mabel Fryer, Anna Sterner
SECOND ROW: Grace Diebert, Edith Moyer, UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN, Raymond Rudloff, Robert Douglass, Ruth Boyer, Helen Croll, Gerald Wagner, Emily Gerhard, Walter Gerhard, Ida Boyer
THIRD ROW: UNKNOWN, Miriam Scharadin, Elizabeth Deibert, (UNKNOWN) Yeager, Ida Reigel, UNKNOWN, H— Moyer (child's name is partially erased on the board but does start with an H), Ralph Gerber
FOURTH ROW: Lafayette (?) Schaffell (child's first name was partially erased), Walter Greenawalt, Clyde Schaffner, Rutherford Bachman, George Fisher, Paul Brown, UNKNOWN, Leon Scheife (?), Luther Reed, Luther Hartman, Paul Himmelrich (?), Guy Eisenhardt (?), UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN
