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Battle Creek Central School, c. 1906

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dc.coverage.temporal Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1906 en_US
dc.identifier.other LPC-011-001-004 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/9994
dc.description Postcard showing a photo of the Battle Creek Central School building, opened on April 10, 1871. The school was three stories high with a slate roof and cost $83,000 to build. It had a capacity of 864 students from all grades. It was located on the SW corner of McCamly and Champion Streets. After construction of the new Battle Creek Central High School building in 1908, the building housed the districts Junior High School until W. K. Kellogg Junior High School was constructed in 1931-34 and the old Central building was razed. Caption on front: No. I School, Battle Creek, Mich. Written on front: Sunday P.M. am out on the couch this after-noon. K. Sent on: January 22, 1906 Sent to: Miss Lillian Baldy Allegan Mich L. Box 2442. en_US
dc.format.medium b&w postcard en_US
dc.language.iso En en_US
dc.subject Schools - Battle Creek Public en_US
dc.subject B.C. Schools, Willard Library en_US
dc.title Battle Creek Central School, c. 1906 en_US
dc.type Image en_US


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