Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2013.11.0229 A—DD
Accession#:
2013.11
Credit Line:
Donated by Susan Derrera.
Object Name:
Negative, Film
Title:
1/7/54 School Groups
Photographer:
Alexander, Joseph
Place:
Juneau, Alaska
Date:
January 7, 1954
Year Range from:
1954
Year Range to:
1954
Description:
A: Envelope to hold negatives. Labeled: "1/7/54 School Groups".
B: Negative in horizontal view of the interior of a school gymnasium, with basketball court lines painted on the floor and a long curtain in the background. In the center of the image is a group of students, three girls and two boys, arranged as if dancing or cheering. Two girls stand in the back, posed, while the other girl and the boys kneel in front.
C: Negative in horizontal view of the same interior, with a table in the center of the image. A woman (unclear if a student or a teacher) sits at the table, with three onlookers, two boys and a girl, probably sudents. A binder is open on the table.
D: Negative in horizontal view of a large interior, with exposed brick walls, tiled ceiling, and square targets hanging from the rear wall. Along the wall is arranged a group of young men, standing and kneeling, all holding rifles, possibly some kind of school hunting club.
E: Negative in horizontal view of the shcool gymnasium interior, with the basketball team in the center of the image, organized into a standing and kneeling row. The image features eleven players and one man in a suit, probably the coach. The ball in front of the team bears the text "J.H.S. 1953—1954".
F: Negative in horizontal view showing a raised view of the school gymnasium interior, with nearly the whole length of the basketball court visible from above. Arranged in a "J" pattern are two rows of young women, probably a cheerleading squad. They all wear matching skirts and sweaters bearing a "J".
G: Negative in horizontal view of an interior classroom with students at their desks arranged in a diagonal pattern. In the foreground at left, there is the larger teacher's desk, and at the rear of the room there are windows. A blackboard is on the wall at left. The teacher is standing toward the back near the windows. All the students have their eyes at their desks, working on something.
H: Negative in horizontal view of an interior classroom, photographed from the back. The students' desks are arranged in rows and all face the front of the room. A few desks toward the rear of the room are empty. A woman, probably the teacher, stands at the front of the room near the blackboard. Windows line the wall at left.
I: Negative in horizontal view of the school gymnnasium interior, with the curtain at the rear, and a desk situated at the center. A woman, probably faculty, sits at the desk, with three sudents, two boys and a girl, standing around her. A binder lies open on the desk. The boy at her right holds a gavel.
J: Negative in horizontal view of the school gymnasium interior, with a desk at the center. A woman, possibly faculty, sits at the desk, with four students, two girls and two boys, standing around her. A gavel rests on the desk.
K: Negative in horizontal view with the same subjects from and arranged identically to negative "I".
L: Negative in horizontal view of the same school gymnasium interior, with two desks arranged side by side at the center, six students seated around them, and nine students standing behind them. Books and binders lie, opened and closed, on the desks.
M: Negative in horizontal view of the same school gymnasium interior, with a desk at the center, and one woman, possibly faculty, seated at it. Three students, a girl and two boys, stand around her. The boy at her right holds a gavel.
N: Negative in horizontal view of the same school gymnasium interior. with a desk at the center. The same woman is seated at the desk, with four different students, two girls and two boys, standing around her. A gavel and open binder lie on the desk.
O: Negative in horizontal view of an interior, seemingly an office meeting room. There are six men in suits, four sitting around a rectangular table, and two standing behind them. The table is littered with papers, books, and packets. There is a set of windows behind the group. On the wall to the right, there is a frame with what seems to be a diploma, and under that a desk or file cabinet is arranged against the wall.
P: Negative in horizontal view of a classroom interior, taken from a diagonal. At right, windows line the wall, and at the rear, a corkboard is hung with posters. Students' desks are arranged in rows facing the front of the room, and a woman, probably the teacher, stands by the windows. Some desks toward the foreground are empty.
Q: Negative in horizontal view of the same interior from negative "D" which is a shooting range. A group of young men stands toward the center of the image, with a row kneeling and holding rifles. Behind them are arranged square targets hanging from the ceiling. There are numbers near the floor under each target.
R: Negative in horizontal view of a classroom interior, taken from a diagonal. Students' desks, all occupied by girls, are arranged in rows facing the front of the room. There is a blackboard on the rear wall and windows line the wall toward the right. The girls are all working on an assignment, but the girl closest to the camera faces the camera. The teacher's desk is situated at right.
S: Negative in horizontal view showing an interior, what seems to be a school science lab. There are several communal tables in the room, all with build in sinks and storage units, with stools and chairs arranged around them. Only a few toward the center and background are occupied. There is a cluster of students toward the background, near a head table, perhaps performing an experiment. A man, probably the teacher, stands at left, observing.
T: Negative in horizontal view showing an interior classroom, photographed from the rear at a diagonal. Students' desks are arranged in rows, facing the front, with a few at left and in the foreground empty. Blackboards occupy the front and right walls, and the teacher stands at the right blackboard, demonstrating something with a Ven diagram.
U: Negative in horizontal view showing an interior classroom, possibly an art or home economics room. There are six communal tables visible, with stools around them, but only three are occupied. The others are littlered with open books and writing utensils. Near the blackboard at right, there is a group of students working on something indiscernable. The rear wall is occupied by a storage unit.
V: Negative in horizontal view showing a very large interior classroom. The students' desks are arranged in rows facing the front, but only the three rows to the right are occupied. There are windows lining the rear and right walls. There is a man, probably the teacher, standing near the right windows. His desk is situated to his left.
W: Negative in horizontal view showing an interior classroom, photographed on a diagonal. there are no desks, but the students sit in chairs with their notebooks open on their laps. The blackboard is at right, and the teacher is using it to outline the components of the United Nations. At the rear there is a set of double doors.
X: Negative in horizontal view of a large interior classroom, photographed on a slight diagonal. The students' desks are arranged into rows and are all facing the front. A woman, presumably the teacher, walks between the rows from the rear toward the front. A blackboard occupies the wall at the rear, and windows at the right.
Y: Negative in horizontal view of the school gymnasium interior, with the large curtain draped across the background. In the center of the image is the school band, dressed in matching white uniforms and holding their instuments, arranged in a semicircle. A faculty member stands behind the group in the center.
Z: Negative in horizontal view of the same gymnasium interior with the school band, but this time the camera is shifted to the left.
AA: Negative in horizontal view of a classroom interior, with students' desks arranged in a semicircle of two rows. The teacher sits at her desk at the front of the room. There is a blackboard laden with text at right, and a wall with windows at the rear.
BB: Negative in horizontal view of the school gymnasium interior, with 2 tables merged together, with six women seated around them. Behind them stands a row of nine others, both men and women. It is unclear who is faculty and who are students. There are open books on the table and several subjects hold books in their hands.
CC: Negative in horizontal view of an office or meeting room interior, with a desk in the center, at which two men in suits and two women sit. Behind them is a wall of windows looking out onto another interior, possibly a lab classroom. The subjects are all working on something, evidenced by the open books, pens, and tape. A file cabinet is visible at right.
DD: Negative in horizontal view of an exterior garden or yard. A goup of young men stands in front of a tall hedge, beyond which is the side of a building. The boys are arranged into four rows, the front row kneeling and holding a pair of skis in front of them. To the image's left is a man, probably the coach.
People:
Alexander, Joseph
Derrera, Susan
Juneau High School
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