Mrs. Lorraine W. Pike, 6-A teacher at Horace Mann school, 5234 South J Street, worked with Gordon Brunswick (left) and Stanley Nelson on the model German village that their class was building in April of 1937. The highly detailed model, with thatched-roofed buildings and tiny villagers was built by the class to help them visualize what life was like in Germany in 410 A.D. (T. Times, 4/1/1937 p.3).

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Graduating class at Horace Mann School. The graduating class included 28 students, 10 boys and 18 girls. The class is posed in front of the entrance of the school, which was constructed in 1901. C.A. Darmer was the architect. This structure was demolished when the new school was built in 1953. (WSHS)

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Men refinishing blackboards at Horace Mann School, Tacoma School Board, Mr. Kimball. Teachers are enjoying using the specially cleaned blackboards. Helen Leif has already written a lesson on the board and is showing her fellow teachers, L-R, Margaret Wheeler, Kathryn Wallen, Lila R. Foltz, Grace Conner and Mabel Lyon how nice it is. (TNT, 1/22/1948, p.12)

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Betty Bowers (back, left) is holding a Chinese fan and a toy rickshaw. Josephine Field (right) is holding both a painted box and a doll. Amy Langlow (front) is holding a glass fisherman's float. Both Josephine and Amy have on Chinese-styled robes. In December of 1936, the students in Miss Mary Nicholson's sixth grade class at Horace Mann Elementary School were studying the people and customs of China. The students in the class were encouraged to bring in items that they had at home that came from China.(T. Times 12/9/1936 p.5).

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Horace Mann school teacher Mrs. Lorraine W. Pike poses with students Stanley Nelson, left, and Gordon Brunswick, right, and the miniature ancient German village constructed by her sixth grade students. The village replica dates to 410 A.D. Stanley Nelson holds a thatched roof cottage. Gordon Brunswick holds a model ship. (T. Times, 4/1/1937).

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ca. 1910. Graduating class Horace Mann School, 5234 So. J Street, circa 1910. Many of the students are wearing ribbons. Horace Mann School was built in 1901 and named in honor of the noted American educator. By 1910, the school had grown from a simple two story, four room building to adding additional classrooms. It would be demolished when increasing student population in the city's south end contributed to the erection of a new Mann Elementary at nearby South 52nd & "K" Sts. in 1953.

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6A class and teachers on porch of Horace Mann School in January of 1927. This Horace Mann School was built in 1901 in the southend of Tacoma from a design by C.A. Darmer, architect. It was demolished after the new school was built in 1953. (WSHS)

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Chinese exhibit at Horace Mann school. Three young girls, left to right Betty Bowers, Amy Langlow and Josephine Field, dressed in kimonos are seated in front of a mural of mountain peaks, drawn in the oriental style. Miss Bowers holds a chinese fan, Miss Langlow holds a fisherman's globe and Miss Field holds chinese shoes. Hand-made paper lanterns made by the students hang overhead. The students were learning about China. (T. Times 12/9/1936)

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Posing in front of their masterpiece, the 18 foot Magna Carta mural at Horace Mann school are Mrs. Lorraine Pike, class instructor; two unidentified students, Don Booth, Ardith Toth and Jean Shiplett. Sixteen artists from the 6-A Art and History Classes took three months to create the mural depicting the acceptance of the Magna Carta by King John of England. It will permanently hang in the school's upper hall. (T. Times, 6/6/1940)

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6A Class at Horace Mann School posed in front of the school in January of 1926. This southend school was constructed in 1901 and named after noted American educator Horace Mann. Horace Mann revolutionized education in the US, establishing the first school for teacher training and promoting "public" education for all. This structure was demolished after the new Mann Elementary was built in 1953. (WSHS)

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In June of 1940 Don Booth was photographed as he pointed out a feature in the Magna Carta mural on which he was working to two of his fellow artists, Ardith Toth (standing) and Jean Shiplett. The 18 foot long mural was created by the 6-A Art and History classes at Horace Mann school under the direction of Mrs. Lorraine Pike, a teacher at the school. Sixteen artists, all under the age of 12, worked on the masterpiece entitled "John Gets Ready to Sign the Magna Carta." The other students in the classes posed for the various figures who appeared in the mural which depicted the acceptance of the Magna Carta by King John of England. It took the students three months to complete and when finished it was hung in the school's upper hall. In 1953 a new Horace Mann school was built at South 52nd and J Streets, and the old building was torn down. (T. Times, 6/6/1940, pg. 5)

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Refinishing blackboards at Horace Mann School, Jan. 15, 1948. Jack Spence is seen demonstrating a specialized piece of equipment used to clean the surface of classroom blackboards. The machine rotates a disk against the blackboard and collects the dust by use of a vacuum. The blackboard is actually resurfaced, being ground below the level of any nicks that have been made in the sometimes 50 year old blackboards. Paul Granlund, principal at Mann School, and teachers Margaret Wheeler and Mabel Lyon look on at the amazing machine. Photo taken for Mr. Kimball, Tacoma School Board. (T.Times, 1/22/1948, p.7; TNT, 1/22/1948, p.12)

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