Classroom, State Normal School at Bridgewater

Title:: Classroom, State Normal School at Bridgewater
Description:: Instructor Franz Kirmayer teaching students at the State Normal School at Bridgewater.
Name on Item:: [photographed by] T. Lewis
Date:: [ca. 1876]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Stereographs
Location:: Bridgewater State University, Maxwell Library
Archives & Special Collections
Collection (local):: Stereoscopic Scenery Cards
Subjects:: Teachers colleges
Educational facilities
Classrooms
Teachers
Students
State Normal School (Bridgewater, Mass.)
Places:: Massachusetts > Plymouth (county) > Bridgewater
Extent:: 1 stereograph (photographic print) : b&w ; mount 9 x 18 cm.
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Notes:: Franz Kirmayer taught classic and modern languages at the State Normal School at Bridgewater from 1870 until 1919. Born in Bavaria in 1840, Kirmayer emigrated to the United States in 1863. He soon enlisted in the 54th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers and joined General Sherman in Alabama in February 1864. Kirmayer had fought in several battles and was soon promoted to sergeant, but he was severely wounded and lost a leg at Nickajack Creek, Georgia, near Kenesaw Mountain on July 3, 1864. After recovering from his injury and being discharged from the army, Kirmayer worked briefly in the U.S. before returning to Germany to study teaching. He soon returned and began his long teaching career at the State Normal School at Bridgewater. Six of Kirmayer's eight children attended the Bridgewater Normal School and followed their father in teaching careers.
Identifier:: VMC013-036