A woman in a long dress clutches a copy of the McGuffey Reader in the doorway of the McGuffey Log School. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it moved to the...
Rural schools; Women; Log cabins; Books; Costumes--United States
Jean Thomas, wearing a hat and dress, stands in the doorway of the McGuffey Log School clutching a McGuffey Reader. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it...
Jean Thomas, wearing a calico dress, stands in the doorway of the McGuffey Log School clutching a McGuffey Reader. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it...
Jean Thomas (center) examines a McGuffey Reader with one woman while another rings a school bell outside the McGuffey Log School, Ashland, Kentucky. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in...
Jean Thomas (center) examines a McGuffey Reader with one woman while another rings a school bell outside the McGuffey Log School, Ashland, Kentucky. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in...
Jean Thomas, wearing a long black dress, stands outdoors holding a McGuffey Reader and examining McGuffey's Reading Charts, which have been hung from a tree. Thomas attended a McGuffey School as a child, and later acquired possession of a...
Jean Thomas, wearing a long black dress, stands outdoors holding a McGuffey Reader and examining McGuffey's Reading Charts, which have been hung from a tree. Thomas attended a McGuffey School as a child, and later acquired possession of a...
Jean Thomas, wearing a long black dress, stands outdoors pointing to Lesson X (10) of McGuffey's Reading Charts, which have been hung from a tree. A copy of the McGuffey Reader leans against the tree, and a school bell sits beside it. Thomas...
Jean Thomas, wearing a long black dress, stands outdoors pointing to Lesson X (10) of McGuffey's Reading Charts, which have been hung from a tree. A copy of the McGuffey Reader leans against the tree, and a school bell sits beside it. Thomas...
Will Harris, Jean Thomas, and Anna Harris, all dressed in white, stand on the steps of the McGuffey Log School. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it moved...
Will Harris, Jean Thomas, and Anna Harris, all dressed in white, stand next to the chimney of the McGuffey Log School. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it...
Jean Thomas, wearing a calico dress and holding a bonnet and two books, stands at the fence of the McGuffey Log School (so marked by a wooden handwritten sign). Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as...
Jean Thomas, wearing a calico dress and holding a bonnet and two books, stands at the fence of the McGuffey Log School (so marked by a wooden handwritten sign). Her 'Wee House in the Wood' brick home is visible at left. Thomas acquired possession...
Will Harris, Jean Thomas, and Anna Harris, all dressed in white, stand on the steps of the McGuffey Log School. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it moved...
This photograph of the one-room school next door to Thomas' 'Wee House in the Wood' in Ashland, Kentucky, was taken by Donald R. Anderson, a University of Louisville art professor and curator of photography who worked with Thomas to secure the...
