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Haunting chalkboard drawings, frozen in time for 100 years, discovered in Oklahoma school [View all]

By Elahe Izadi
June 6

Teachers and students scribbled the lessons — multiplication tables, pilgrim history, how to be clean — nearly 100 years ago. And they haven’t been touched since.

This week, contractors removing old chalkboards at Emerson High School in Oklahoma City made a startling discovery: Underneath them rested another set of chalkboards, untouched since 1917.

“The penmanship blows me away, because you don’t see a lot of that anymore,” Emerson High School Principal Sherry Kishore told the Oklahoman. “Some of the handwriting in some of these rooms is beautiful.”

The chalkboards being removed to make way for new whiteboards are in four classrooms, according to the Oklahoma City Public School District.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/06/06/eerie-chalkboard-drawings-frozen-in-time-for-100-years-discovered-in-oklahoma-school/?tid=sm_fb

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Haunting chalkboard drawings, frozen in time for 100 years, discovered in Oklahoma school [View all] rug Jun 2015 OP

To be replaced with whiteboards ... eppur_se_muova Jun 2015 #1

Worth every bit to avoid that awful sound... Oktober Jun 2015 #8

I'm still in mourning over the card catalog in the library going the way of digital... KittyWampus Jun 2015 #22

And all that time learning the Dewey Decimal System BumRushDaShow Jun 2015 #38

If you think they're bad NJCher Jun 2015 #36

And the smell of whiteboard markers has always made me ill catrose Jun 2015 #43

Wow! shenmue Jun 2015 #2

Wow! They were really into the Pilgrims. JaneyVee Jun 2015 #3

From the December calendar, it looks like they covered them up in late November. rug Jun 2015 #4

November 29 appears to be a 'red-letter' day - no school on Thanksgiving petronius Jun 2015 #6

I never saw that version of the Pledge of Allegiance before. rug Jun 2015 #7

Yes, that is interesting - I had always 'known' that the God reference was added petronius Jun 2015 #9

Me, too. I've been staring at that for some time now!! Tess49 Jun 2015 #29

The Balch salute TexasProgresive Jun 2015 #13

Geez. rug Jun 2015 #14

Sickening and offensive. DrBulldog Jun 2015 #16

I take your point but the Fascist salute in Oklahoma six years before Mussolini is stunning. rug Jun 2015 #18

That was the Roman salute prior to the Nazis ... Fantastic Anarchist Jun 2015 #33

1st Reich - the Roman Empire, 2nd Reich - the Holy Roman Empire - 3rd Reich-retch! TexasProgresive Jun 2015 #39

Yes, I totally agree with that. Fantastic Anarchist Jun 2015 #42

Thanks for knowing that. The Pledge went thru several iterations. Largely it was about assimilation Hekate Jun 2015 #41

I have a moment about once a year. Fantastic Anarchist Jun 2015 #44

It's December. Don't know why the 29th is in red. mountain grammy Jun 2015 #19

Only the top week is December, the bottom four rows are still November petronius Jun 2015 #21

So, my BD did fall on Thanksgiving mountain grammy Jun 2015 #25

Yep - obviously FDR realized that you deserved your own holiday, without that petronius Jun 2015 #26

Yeah, I know, he did that just for me! mountain grammy Jun 2015 #28

I hope these find their way into a museum. marble falls Jun 2015 #5

+1 treestar Jun 2015 #27

Saved that multiplication wheel awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #10

Make sure you let me know when you do. rug Jun 2015 #12

That caught my attention as well. Doesn't seem to have rhyme or reason salin Jun 2015 #15

I think it may be a recitation tool, deliberately set out of order Jackpine Radical Jun 2015 #34

That makes sense awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #48

If there is a pattern awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #47

One possible use TexasProgresive Jun 2015 #40

I think you're right... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #49

so interesting. Liberal_in_LA Jun 2015 #11

Amazing the chalk did not simply deteriorate. Very cool. n/t Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #17

I'm amazed at the colors of the chalk. KittyWampus Jun 2015 #20

I know, right? They're so vibrant. n/t Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #23

Somebody figure out that multiplication wheel please! mountain grammy Jun 2015 #24

Somebody else wondered, too ann--- Jun 2015 #31

Impressive sleuthing! rug Jun 2015 #45

Thanks! ann--- Jun 2015 #50

I think I did. Jackpine Radical Jun 2015 #35

Those stars look ann--- Jun 2015 #30

The caught my eye TexasProgresive Jun 2015 #46

Cool! LeftishBrit Jun 2015 #32

Fascinating! frogmarch Jun 2015 #37

I'm curious why they were left there. Jamastiene Jun 2015 #51

Maybe the teachers and the workers who hung the new set over petronius Jun 2015 #52

Great pieces of history there! I hope they go to a museum, or in a showcase at the school n/t Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #53