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- State of Michigan Teachers' County Normal Training Class Certificate Awarded to Lydia Powell, June 14, 1918 - Lydia Powell (1898-1991) graduated from high school in 1917. By the following year, all states had made school attendance compulsory for 8- to 14-year-olds. In 1925, mandatory attendance expanded to include children 16 years and under. After her high school graduation, Powell, a woman of limited means, completed courses and received degrees from several Michigan colleges, making teaching her passion and a lifelong career.
- June 14, 1918
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State of Michigan Teachers' County Normal Training Class Certificate Awarded to Lydia Powell, June 14, 1918
Lydia Powell (1898-1991) graduated from high school in 1917. By the following year, all states had made school attendance compulsory for 8- to 14-year-olds. In 1925, mandatory attendance expanded to include children 16 years and under. After her high school graduation, Powell, a woman of limited means, completed courses and received degrees from several Michigan colleges, making teaching her passion and a lifelong career.
- Letter to Edsel Ford from John D. Rockefeller Jr. Urging Support For the Hampton-Tuskegee Endowment, August 18, 1925 -
- August 18, 1925
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Letter to Edsel Ford from John D. Rockefeller Jr. Urging Support For the Hampton-Tuskegee Endowment, August 18, 1925
- Northern Normal School, now Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, circa 1908 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. It had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, many of which were colored using the company's patented "Phostint" process. Popular "Phostint" postcards, the Detroit Publishing Company claimed, were delicately "executed in Nature's Coloring" to be truthful, tasteful, beautiful, and educational.
- 1908
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Northern Normal School, now Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, circa 1908
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. It had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, many of which were colored using the company's patented "Phostint" process. Popular "Phostint" postcards, the Detroit Publishing Company claimed, were delicately "executed in Nature's Coloring" to be truthful, tasteful, beautiful, and educational.
- Hampton-Tuskegee Results, a Story Every American Shold Know, circa 1925 -
- circa 1925
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Hampton-Tuskegee Results, a Story Every American Shold Know, circa 1925
- Michigan State Normal College Certificate Granted to Lydia C. Powell, August 4, 1922 - Lydia Powell (1898-1991) graduated from high school in 1917. By the following year, all states had made school attendance compulsory for 8- to 14-year-olds. In 1925, mandatory attendance expanded to include children 16 years and under. After her high school graduation, Powell, a woman of limited means, completed courses and received degrees from several Michigan colleges, making teaching her passion and a lifelong career.
- August 04, 1922
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Michigan State Normal College Certificate Granted to Lydia C. Powell, August 4, 1922
Lydia Powell (1898-1991) graduated from high school in 1917. By the following year, all states had made school attendance compulsory for 8- to 14-year-olds. In 1925, mandatory attendance expanded to include children 16 years and under. After her high school graduation, Powell, a woman of limited means, completed courses and received degrees from several Michigan colleges, making teaching her passion and a lifelong career.
- Michigan State Normal College Bachelor of Science Degree Awarded to Lydia Powell Brown, August 8, 1930 - Lydia Powell (1898-1991) graduated from high school in 1917. By the following year, all states had made school attendance compulsory for 8- to 14-year-olds. In 1925, mandatory attendance expanded to include children 16 years and under. After her high school graduation, Powell, a woman of limited means, completed courses and received degrees from several Michigan colleges, making teaching her passion and a lifelong career.
- August 08, 1930
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Michigan State Normal College Bachelor of Science Degree Awarded to Lydia Powell Brown, August 8, 1930
Lydia Powell (1898-1991) graduated from high school in 1917. By the following year, all states had made school attendance compulsory for 8- to 14-year-olds. In 1925, mandatory attendance expanded to include children 16 years and under. After her high school graduation, Powell, a woman of limited means, completed courses and received degrees from several Michigan colleges, making teaching her passion and a lifelong career.
- State Normal School, now Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1901 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- 1901
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State Normal School, now Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1901
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- State Normal & Model Schools, Trenton, New Jersey, 1845-1850 -
- 1845-1850
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State Normal & Model Schools, Trenton, New Jersey, 1845-1850
- Letter to Edsel Ford regarding the Hampton-Tuskegee Endowment, January 1925 -
- December 07, 1925
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Letter to Edsel Ford regarding the Hampton-Tuskegee Endowment, January 1925
- Michigan County Normal Training Class Diploma Awarded to Lydia Powell, June 13, 1918 - Lydia Powell (1898-1991) graduated from high school in 1917. By the following year, all states had made school attendance compulsory for 8- to 14-year-olds. In 1925, mandatory attendance expanded to include children 16 years and under. After her high school graduation, Powell, a woman of limited means, completed courses and received degrees from several Michigan colleges, making teaching her passion and a lifelong career.
- June 13, 1918
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Michigan County Normal Training Class Diploma Awarded to Lydia Powell, June 13, 1918
Lydia Powell (1898-1991) graduated from high school in 1917. By the following year, all states had made school attendance compulsory for 8- to 14-year-olds. In 1925, mandatory attendance expanded to include children 16 years and under. After her high school graduation, Powell, a woman of limited means, completed courses and received degrees from several Michigan colleges, making teaching her passion and a lifelong career.