Portrait of Educator William Holmes McGuffey Reading a Book, circa 1860
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Growing up in the Ohio wilderness, William Holmes McGuffey walked many miles to be tutored. McGuffey taught school to fund his college education, and later became a college professor and president. A well-respected educator, McGuffey was asked to publish a series of graded textbooks. McGuffey's Eclectic Readers were used in schools nationwide during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Growing up in the Ohio wilderness, William Holmes McGuffey walked many miles to be tutored. McGuffey taught school to fund his college education, and later became a college professor and president. A well-respected educator, McGuffey was asked to publish a series of graded textbooks. McGuffey's Eclectic Readers were used in schools nationwide during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1860
Creator Notes
Originally photographed about 1860, and the image used in a book illustration about 1940. This copy print was made from the book illustration.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.O.15754
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11.25 in
Width: 7.5 in
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