Gresham School Building

More about this item

Identifier

ghs20230010107

Description

Black and white photo postcard of Gresham School, a wooden building with three floors and a bell tower. Apparent on front of school is sign that says "School District No 4". Written in ink on the front of the photo: "Grade and High School - Gresham". There is a complete message written in ink on the back, partly obscured by a sticker that has "39-C" written on it. The message reads "The second last letter you said there was a package at Paris for you. I wonder if you have received the can of eats yet. Mrs. Hillon died last week. I went to the funeral. Emer[son sent] his grandmother a cable, and [that is] all they have ever heard from him. [It is] about 6 months now and they have never got a letter from him and cannot find any thing from him or where he is. Stanleys hear real often from Earl. Well this is all I can think of at present With love from Mother" "1901" is also written on the back.

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ No Copyright

Location

Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States

Date

1917-1918

Names

Stanley, Earl

Subject

Gresham School District

Schools

World War I

Soldiers

Provenance

The southwest corner of Powell and Walters, where this school stood, has been occupied by various school buildings since 1857. This building was constructed in 1901 as a combined elementary and high school. After the completion of Gresham High School in 1915, this building was replaced by a one-story elementary school in 1923 which became West Gresham Elementary.
The message on this postcard refers to young men away from home and a package waiting in Paris, suggesting that it was written to a soldier serving abroad during World War I. The sender and recipient are unknown.

Type

StillImage

Medium

Postcard, Picture

Item sets

Gresham Heritage