Jonas Leddington

A class in American history

A classroom of students in ordered rows, a figure in Native American dress standing at the front beside a display of artefacts.

Frances Benjamin Johnston, Class in American History, platinum print, 7.5 × 9.5 in., 1899–1900. Source. Reproduced here for criticism and comment. Rights remain with the photographer or their estate.

Francis Benjamin Johnston, Class in American History, 1899-1900, platinum print, 7.5" x 9.5".

Education - still - who is looking at whom?

And a foreground of ordered rows.

From MOMA - http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=7851