Group portrait of students of the Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies; Waterbury, CT

Photographer Unknown (created by)
Chase Collegiate School (associated with)

1869 (Date manufactured/created)

Tintype

8 1/2 inches H X 6 7/16 inches W

The Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies was founded in 1865 as a secondary school for young women. It boasted to provide a "complete" education. In 1875 the school was reformed as Saint Margaret's School for Girls. This is the oldest photograph of the Collegiate Institute. A similar photograph was reproduced in Carol Burke Ohmann's books Saint Margaret's School 1865-1965, and she lists the women as (starting bottom left and going clockwise): Ida Robinson (Bronson), Helen Platt (Camp), Hattie Scovill (Seeley), Susie Northrup (Tucker), Lily Hurlburt (Davis), Julia Porter (Sperry), and Bertha Platt (Hart). The central figure is unknown.

Records of the Chase Collegiate School. M-98. Max R. Traurig Library and Archive, Mattatuck Museum.

Accession/ID Number CC2022.1.17

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• Schools