State Normal School Sewing Class with Teacher of Household Economy Marion McMelan 1

Creation Date

1913

Decade

1910

Photographer

unknown

Subject

Jacksonville State University -- History, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- History, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- Faculty, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- Students

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Description

Teacher of household economy at the Jacksonville State Normal School in 1913-1914 was Marion McMelan, seated far left. She began teaching there in 1911. Shown a group of women sew during a sewing class. Students of household economy were taught plain sewing, machine sewing, and the study of textiles and how they related to health. (circa 1913)

Date Digitized

8-8-2017

Names of Persons Pictured

Marion McMelan

Source

Alabama Gallery Special Collections

Is Part Of

Historical Image Collection

Rights

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Location

The original printed photograph is housed in the Houston Cole Library Alabama Gallery, Box 1, Item 152.

Identifier

http://jsucollections.jsu.edu:9000/rpc/cat/Imaging/photocollection/psp/psp1910/psp1910_1/PSP1910classrooms_00152.tif

Technical Metadata

Archival images are tiffs scanned from the original material at 575 dpi. The file name is PSP1910classrooms_00152.tif; file size is 30.2 MB. Original image is 5 by 7 on matte photographic paper