Gresham Historical Society · Northwest Digital Heritage

Identifier: ghs0299
Description: Black and white photo of children grouped on the stairs of the Gresham School, Multnomah District No. 4. Photo shows students of different ages, with younger students near the bottom and eldest near the top. Dewey Gibbs is in the 2nd row, and Mabel Metzger is in the first row, 5th from the left. Handwritten on bottom of photo "YEAR -1909" Handwritten on back "contributed by Elsie & Felix Chido 1981 2nd row | Dewey Gibbs". People: Metzger, Mabel Gibbs, Dewey Andrew
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Date: 1909
Subject: School children
Provenance: Donated by Elsie and Felix Chiodo in 1981. The 3 story Gresham Grade and High School was built in 1901 by John Brown. With four classrooms, it was the largest school to be built in Gresham at the time. The first high school class of two students graduated from it in 1906. The school stood from 1901 to 1923 at the southwest corner of Powell and Walters, on the site of three earlier school buildings. Gresham High School was constructed in 1915, after which this school housed only 1st through 8th grades. It was replaced in 1923 by a new building that was called Gresham Grade School and later became West Gresham Elementary.
Type: StillImage
Contributor: Gresham Historical Society
Extent: Print, Photographic
Location: Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States

Students at Gresham School