A Growing Push To Conduct Outdoor Learning This School Year Has Historical Precedent
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An open air school in NYC circa 1900.
Library of Congress/Bain News Service, publisher
An open air school in Rochester, New York during rest period in 1912.
Library of Congress/Goldsberry Collection of open-air school photographs
Children in the snow outside of an open-air school in Rochester, New York sometime between 1900 and 1920.
Library of Congress/Goldsberry Collection of open-air school photographs
Children in a fresh air class with open windows on cots and wrapped in blankets in 1911.
Library of Congress/Goldsberry Collection of open-air school photographs
A student in a "sitting-out bag" sitting outdoors at a desk, reading, between 1900 and 1920.
Library of Congress/Goldsberry Collection of open-air school photographs/Jessie Tarbox Beals, New York
Students in a food line at a Manhattan public school between 1900 and 1920 before lunch.
Library of Congress/Goldsberry Collection of open-air school photographs
An open-window classroom at Riverdale Country School in NYC between 1900 and 1920.
Library of Congress/Goldsberry Collection of open-air school photographs