Science classroom, Normal School Building, Bridgewater, Mass.

Science classroom, Normal School Building, Bridgewater, Mass.

Item Information

Title:
Science classroom, Normal School Building, Bridgewater, Mass.
Description:
View of a science classroom in the Normal School Building, State Normal School at Bridgewater.
Name on Item:
[photographed by] T. Lewis
Date:
[ca. 1880]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Stereographs
Location:
Bridgewater State University, Maxwell Library
Archives & Special Collections
Collection (local):
Stereoscopic Scenery Cards
Subjects:
Teachers colleges
Educational facilities
Classrooms
State Normal School (Bridgewater, Mass.)
Places:
Massachusetts > Plymouth (county) > Bridgewater
Extent:
1 stereograph (photographic print) : b&w ; mount 9 x 18 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/0p097w59w
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Notes:
The facilities at Bridgewater State Normal School for the teaching of science were expanded in the 1870s. The chemistry lab room and a room for philosophical apparatus were located on the first floor of the Normal School Building. In addition, there were cabinets for mineralogy and zoology specimens placed in the classrooms. Science classes included chemistry, botany and zoology, mineralogy and geology, and astronomy.
Identifier:
VMC013-030