Pleasant Valley School, 1922
Identified Students:
Back row: 1) Ruth Norton, 2) Evelyn Simonds, 3) Bertha Simonds, 4) Georgia Lee, 5) Kathryn Kimball (Teacher), 6) Marjorie Cole, 7) Laura Driggs, 8) Lucy Lee.
Middle row: 9) Dorothy Fretag, 10) Ida Slater, 11) Margaret Bedore, 12) Donald Lee, 13) Edward Slater, 14) Caul Norton, 15) Raymond Church, 16) Richard Church, 17) Gladys Strever, 18) Rebecca Gagnon, 19) Dorothy Lee, 20) Wilber Lee, 21) Willie Mae Gagnon.
Front row: 22) Halsey Webster, 23) Arthur Slater, 24) William Strever, 25) Sherwood Rogers, 26) Kenneth Church, 27) Richard Norton, 28) Edmund (Babe) Bedore.
The original is item 2009.004.005 in Box 2 (People) at Squire’s Tavern. A digital copy of this image is available as MD-05.
Pleasant Valley School, Date Unknown
A digital copy of this image is available as MD-19
Pleasant Valley School, Date Unknown
Pleasant Valley School based on position of doorway. 18 boys, 9 girls.
There are at least two copies of this item at the Tavern. Note the wood work to the right side of the door. It is different from many later pictures which give a clue to its date.
Original is stored at Squire’s Tavern as item #1999.25.90.0 in Box 1 - People. A digital copy is available as item # MD-25.
Pleasant Valley School, 1915
Taken from a post card belonging to Doug.
This is definitely the PV School because of the distinctive roof overhang and position of the door. A note on the back of the card suggests that the teacher is Frances Meagher (later Goodwin). Miss Meagher was the teacher at Pleasant Valley in the 1914-1915 school year. Designs on the back of the card are consistent with marks used from 1904 to 1918. 33 kids – 16 boys, 17 girls.
A digital copy of this image is available as MD-29.
Pleasant Valley School, Date Unknown
27 kids – 15 boys, 13 girls. A note on the back says that the teacher is Lillian Phillips, but there is no record of a teacher named either Lillian or Phillips working in Barkhamsted. The teacher of record at PV School from 1930 to 1939 was Marjorie Emily Cole.
Identified Students
16. Richard Church
18. Lem Church
28. Freddie Bedore
A digital copy of this image is available as MD-30.
Pleasant Valley School, Date Unknown
The name “Mary Slater” is written on the back of the original.
Identified Students:
3. ….. Slater (?)
24. Lem Church
26. Freddie Bedore
The original is item 1998.3.55.0 in Box 4 (People) at Squire’s Tavern. A digital copy of this image is available as MD-32.
Pleasant Valley School, Date Unknown
This is the Pleasant Valley School based on location of the door. 13 boys, 10 girls.
Note the wall to the right side of the door. The wooden boards are different, much wider than those seen in pictures taken after, say, 1900-1905. This may help to date the photo.
The original is item 1999.25.104.0 in Box 4 (People).
Our digital copy of this image is MD-33.