Group of children with teachers in front of Lovell Street School, Kalamzoo, Michigan

Group of children with teachers in front of Lovell Street School, Kalamzoo, Michigan

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Large group of students sitting outside Lovell Street School, Kalamazoo, Michigan located on the southeast corner of East Lovell and Pine Street, 1891. A teacher sits with them along with a man leaning against a tree. Appears to be a group of lower elementary students. They are dressed in a variety of clothing. Written on the cardboard mounting "Room No. 1 Lovell St. School April 1891." The Lovell Street School was the first separate elementary school built in 1867 as a Queen Anne structure. In 1926, the Lovell Street School because home to the Kalamazoo Public Schools' Administration Building. It was torn down in 1960.

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