PHOTOGRAPHS: Album.
[Education] Mrs. Hazen’s School for Girls. Photograph Album. Pelham Manor, NY, [ca.1899-
1900].
Oblong folio, 10.25 x 14.25 x 2 inches; cloth, stamped in gilt; string-tied.
31cloth-hinged, stiff card pages with four mounting slots at rectos and versos, holding 259
snapshot photographs: 249, 3 3/8" square vintage prints, most on Kodak Solio paper; 10 cut Solio
scraps; plus 5 cyanotype prints. Each print with penciled notes and dates to rear. Prints loosely
laid in mounting slots and removable.
A copious trove of substantially annotated photographs covering life at Pelham Hall (or Mrs.
Hazen's School for Girls as it was better known) in Pelham Manor, NY ca. 1899-1900. Founded
by Emily Hall Hazen and opened in 1889, Pelham Hall was known as one of the finest girls'
schools in the country until it closed in 1914. Includes images of class and dorm rooms, campus
buildings, faculty, and surrounding environs. But the focus remains on a small group of clearly
very close students. Images of this clique abound: in various activities (tennis, golf, sledding), in
gowns, at rest and repose, in bed, at lectures, reading, and in various group shots and
configurations. An atmosphere of pride, ease, and mirth pervades. An intimate and early
photographic view of women's education in the U.S. at the turn of the century.
Tender and compelling.
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