Children learning about corn, Josephine Newbury Demonstration Kindergarten, Richmond, Va.
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Children learning about corn, Josephine Newbury Demonstration Kindergarten, Richmond, Va.
Description
Josephine Newbury teaching children about corn and other plants at the Josephine Newbury Demonstration Kindergarten, Richmond, Va.
Before the Newbury Center opened in 1957, there was no education available in a school setting in Richmond or the surrounding counties for children younger than five. Preschool itself was an innovative concept then. This new purpose-built facility was created to become a model preschool for the training of teachers and the design of innovative curriculum. Professor Josephine Newbury of the Presbyterian School of Christian Education, Richmond, Va., established the school.
The professional images in this collection are the work of the Dementi Studios, one of Richmond's foremost portrait and documentary photographers. The series was made shortly after the Demonstration Kindergarten opened in 1957. They present an idealized image of childhood experience, social expectations, and gender roles, as well as the educational philosophy and methods of the time.
Before the Newbury Center opened in 1957, there was no education available in a school setting in Richmond or the surrounding counties for children younger than five. Preschool itself was an innovative concept then. This new purpose-built facility was created to become a model preschool for the training of teachers and the design of innovative curriculum. Professor Josephine Newbury of the Presbyterian School of Christian Education, Richmond, Va., established the school.
The professional images in this collection are the work of the Dementi Studios, one of Richmond's foremost portrait and documentary photographers. The series was made shortly after the Demonstration Kindergarten opened in 1957. They present an idealized image of childhood experience, social expectations, and gender roles, as well as the educational philosophy and methods of the time.
Creator
Dementi Studios, Richmond, Va.
Source
Josephine Newbury Demonstration Kindergarten Collection, Special Collections, William Smith Morton Library, Union Presbyterian Seminary
Date
1957
Contributor
Union Presbyterian Seminary Library
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Copyright Dementi Studios, used by permission
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Learn more:
The Place of Kindergarten in Child-Saving: 1900, Social Welfare History Project
The Kindergarten as a Child-Saving Work, Social Welfare History Project
Kindergartens: A History (1886), Social Welfare History Image Portal
The Place of Kindergarten in Child-Saving: 1900, Social Welfare History Project
The Kindergarten as a Child-Saving Work, Social Welfare History Project
Kindergartens: A History (1886), Social Welfare History Image Portal
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Citation
Dementi Studios, Richmond, Va., “Children learning about corn, Josephine Newbury Demonstration Kindergarten, Richmond, Va.,” Social Welfare History Image Portal, accessed December 22, 2024, https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/219.