Dear Old Golden Rule Days is a photograph by Cricket Hackmann which was uploaded on May 31st, 2014.
Dear Old Golden Rule Days
Rows of sturdy wood and cast iron desks fill this one room school. You can just imagine them filled with little children in overalls and full skirts.... more
Title
Dear Old Golden Rule Days
Artist
Cricket Hackmann
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Rows of sturdy wood and cast iron desks fill this one room school. You can just imagine them filled with little children in overalls and full skirts. My father went through 8th grade in a similar setting, with the older children helping the younger ones. And the younger ones learning from just hearing the older one's lessons being taught nearby. The hole in the upper right hand corner of the desk was for your inkwell. And many an unsuspecting girl got her braids dipped in that inkwell by a mischievous boy sitting behind her.
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May 31st, 2014
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Peggy Mower
The desks look almost identical to ones in the three one-room schools I attended in a small town in the 60s. There were two grades in each schoolhouse. In your design details you wrote, "The hole in the upper right hand corner of the desk was for your inkwell. And many a unsuspecting girl got her braids dipped in that inkwell by a mischievous boy sitting behind her." That must be what started the new trend when girls began pinning their braids on top of their head.
Gull G
πππArt provides an opportunity for kaleidoscopic thinking. Each time we shift the lens of our perceptions, we gain new perspectives β and new opportunities for innovation.πππ CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RECENT SALE OF A WONDERFUL WORK!
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