Possibly Interlaken students harvesting ice from Silver Lake, Rolling Prairie, Indiana, circa 1912
| Description: |
The Interlaken School, located on the shores of Silverlake, followed a progressive curriculum influenced by the New Schools Movement. Boys who attended the boarding school received a traditional academic education as well as practical life skills training by helping to run the school. George K. Page (1870-1956) taught manual training at the school from 1910 to 1911, according to his obituary. He returned to the school in 1914 for an unknown amount of time according to a notice in the South Bend News - Times on April 21, 1914.Part of a group of photos labeled Studio of McDonald South Bend, likely referring to McDonald Studio, a photographer located on South Main Street around 1912. |
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| Origin: | 1912, circa |
| Source: |
http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/94EE49E6-0738-43FA-B197-645423423194 |
| Collection: |
Indiana Album |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
Rolling Prairie, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States |
| Subjects: |
George K. and Elizabeth G. Page Collection Snow Ice Winter Men Silver Lake (Ind.) Rolling Prairie (Ind.) LaPorte County (Ind.) |
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