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Photos courtesy of the Anchorage Museum of History and Fine Arts

[Copper Valley School] Copper Valley School, Glennallen, Alaska, Boys Class. May 10, 1959. Photo by Hermann Kurriger.
[Copper Valley School] Copper Valley School, Glennallen, Alaska, Boys Basketball Team. 1957 or 1959. Photo by Hermann Kurriger.
[Copper Valley School, Girls' Volleyball Team] Copper Valley School, Glennallen, Alaska. Girls volleyball team.
[Copper Valley School] Copper Valley School, Glennallen, Alaska. Aerial. 1957 or 1959.
[Copper Valley School] Copper Valley School, Glennallen, Alaska, Boys class.
[Chapel, Copper Valley School] Copper Valley School, Glennallen, Alaska, Chapel.
[Seniors, Copper Valley School] Copper Valley School, Glennallen, Alaska, Seniors.
[School, Holy Cross] "School house, Holy Cross, Alaska. August 2, 1898."
[Holy Cross] Holy Cross, Alaska. Aug. 2, 1898. J. N. Wyman, Art: Galesburg, Ill.
[Copper Valley School] Indian School boys, Holy Cross.
[Kenai School] Kenai School.
[School, Little Diomede] Our school house at the first street on the Island. 1916." Little Diomede Island.
[Port Clarance] The first school in Port Clarence where Sheldon Jackson began experimenting with Reindeer.
[Seldovia School, 1910] "Seldovia School. 1910."
"Sitka Home Mission. Alaska, U.S., 1887. By Partridge Photo, 2832 Washington Street, Boston."
[Tatitlek School] "Tatitlek School. 3-7-10"

"Valdez, Alaska School. Fall 1926. Richard L. Clifton and family lived in the house in the background. Missing in the photo are George Ashby, Ted Johnson, John Wilcox and Bill Zharoff. Photo was taken by John Ekemo and not one of the students as had first thought." [Click on picture for link to larger size with names of people.]

Susan Bernardi with school children in Wales - circa 1906. Susan Bernardi with school children in Wales - circa 1906. The photograph is from the Susan Bernardi collection at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art. B91.25.42
School children in Wales - circa 1910. School children in Wales - circa 1910. The photograph is from the Susan Bernardi collection at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art. B91.25.40
Eskimo boy at the school in Wales - circa 1910 Eskimo boy at the school in Wales - circa 1910. The photograph is from the Susan Bernardi collection at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art. B91.25.41
School children in Wales - circa 1910. School children in Wales - circa 1910. The boy on the left is a member of the Nagozruk family. The photograph is from the Susan Bernardi Collection at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art. B91.25.38
Wales - circa 1910. Wales - circa 1910. The photograph is from the Susan Bernardi collection at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art. B91.25.37