Bridgewater Plate Glass Negatives

 Five unidentified Bridgewater Normal School students, 

sitting on porch stairs, ca. 1890–1896

["Normal school" was the old term for "teachers college"]

  

 Group of female Normal School students in park, ca. 1890–1896

[the two young ladies sitting down in center look like more than just friends]

    

 Group of men and women standing and sitting outside a commercial 

or factory building, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, ca. 1880–1895

  

 Group of Normal School students who sat at the dining table headed by 

faculty member Emily C. Fisher, seated on the right of the bench, ca. 1890–1896

  

 Miss Abbott's table. Group of 12 unidentified Normal School at Bridgewater students. 

The students are posed by the campus pond in Boyden Park, ca. 1890–1896

  

Normal School students who sat at the dining table headed by Flora Stuart. The students 

are posed in the campus park. Stuart is sitting furthest to the right, ca. 1892–1894

 

Source: Digital Commonwealth

Bridgewater Plate Glass Negatives

These glass plate negatives depict the State Normal School and the town of Bridgewater, Massachusetts at the end of the 19th century. Images include the Normal School buildings, campus and students, as well as scenes of the town such as the Central Square, railroad station, firehouse, church buildings, houses, and local businesses.

 Bowman's Express delivery wagon, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, ca. 1880–1895

  

 Bridgewater Normal School students from the 120th Class 

posed in a park-like setting on the school's campus, 1896

  

 Group of female Normal School students with 

tennis rackets in Boyden Park, ca. 1890–1896

  

Marshall House, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, ca. 1880–1895

  

Normal School students on horse-drawn cart, 1892-94

  

Two students in a dorm room in the Normal Hall dormitory building at the 

State Normal School, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, ca. 1892–1894

 

Source: Digital Commonwealth