Orig 1902 CHARLOTTESVILLE VA Miller School-7 VIEWS!!

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LESLIE'S WEEKLY Illustrated Newspaper, New York (ex-lib) dated April 24, 1902. COMPLETE in 24 pages, Folio (15 3/4" x 11"). Featured in this issue the FULL PAGE photo image gallery "EDUCATING THE POOR WHITE CHILDREN OF THE SOUTH-THE FAMOUS MILLER MANUAL-LABOR SCHOOL OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, ENDOWED BY SAMUEL MILLER WITH ONE AND ONE-HALF MILLION DOLLARS" containing SEVEN (7) original photo image views: "THE MAIN BUILDING OF THE COLLEGE", "COLLEGE STUDENTS LEARNING THE BLACKSMITH'S TRADE", "THE LARGE SEWING-ROOM, W GIRLS ARE TAUGHT TO MAKE THEIR DRESSES", "WOOD-WORKING DEPARTMENT", "SPLENDID EQUIPMENT FOR TEACHING THE WORKING OF IRON AND STEEL", "IN THE COOKING DEPARTMENT" & "HOME OF 'AUNT DICY'".The accompanying near full-page article "EDUCATING POOR WHITE CHILDREN-THE STORY OF A SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL" reads "...A few weeks ago it was my privilege to visit on of the most splendid industrial institutions in the Southern States, the Miller Manuel Labor School for poor white children, located on a spur of the Ragged Mountains, of Albemarle County, in the beautiful and healthful Piedmont region of Virginia...The regular work of the children in connection with home life of the school trains them well in the care of stock, gardens, fruits, and general work of the farm; the care of machinery, boilers, engines, motors, electric read more

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