Slee Brothers
Large Photographic Display of the Graduating Class of Eastman National Business College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1867
Albumen prints (10) mounted to cardstock
13 x 16 inches overall
With photographers' credit, subjects' ID, and other printed text mount recto.
With photographers' credit, subjects' ID, and other printed text mount recto.
A large-scale photographic display showing the 1867 graduating class of The Eastman Business College, including two international students South America. The piece was created by the local Slee Bros. commercial...
A large-scale photographic display showing the 1867 graduating class of The Eastman Business College, including two international students South America. The piece was created by the local Slee Bros. commercial photo studio.
Founded by Harvey G. Eastman in 1859, Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie, NY, was for a time one of the largest commercial schools in the United States. Classes were offered on three levels—the Preparatory or Theoretical level, the Junior Practical or Actual Business level, and the Senior Practical or College Banks and Offices level. These second two levels offered students practical experience in the business arts by actually performing the tasks that would be expected of them in their working careers, which was a novel approach at the time.
Founded by Harvey G. Eastman in 1859, Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie, NY, was for a time one of the largest commercial schools in the United States. Classes were offered on three levels—the Preparatory or Theoretical level, the Junior Practical or Actual Business level, and the Senior Practical or College Banks and Offices level. These second two levels offered students practical experience in the business arts by actually performing the tasks that would be expected of them in their working careers, which was a novel approach at the time.