A Child's First Lesson: teacher in a Peking school holds up card for children to repeat in English language class. Poems on Chairman Mao and the Red Guard movement are subjects in first year class of 23rd secondary school of Peking

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A Child's First Lesson: teacher in a Peking school holds up card for children to repeat in English language class. Poems on Chairman Mao and the Red Guard movement are subjects in first year class of 23rd secondary school of Peking
A Child's First Lesson: teacher in a Peking school holds up card for children to repeat in English language class. Poems on Chairman Mao and the Red Guard movement are subjects in first year class of 23rd secondary school of Peking
Artist/Maker (German, 1933 – 2012)
DateFebruary 25, 1972
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
DimensionsImage: 8 × 7 9/16 in. (20.3 × 19.2 cm) Sheet: 8 1/16 × 8 in. (20.5 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.193
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Markings Verso, right center (stamp, red ink): "STATES / COMET"
Verso, lower center (newspaper clipping): "TEACHER HOLDS UP A CARD for children to / repeat in English language class. Poems of Mao / and the Red Guard movement are subjects in first- / year class."
Verso, lower right (stamp, red ink): "FEB 25 1972"
Published References With manuscript title, date stamp and newspaper caption affixed to verso
Inscribed Verso, upper left corner (pencil): "HF-CH-09.2 / 2500"
Verso, upper center (grease pencil): "4 1/2"
Verso, center (pencil): "2 cols - / CHILDREN #3"
US stewardesses change dollars into Chinese currency (yuan) at Bank of China counter at Shanghai airport under large picture of Chairman Mao. Stewardesses bought souvenirs at friendship stores during stopover of US newsmen flight from Hawaii to Peking
US stewardesses change dollars into Chinese currency (yuan) at Bank of China counter at Shanghai airport under large picture of Chairman Mao. Stewardesses bought souvenirs at friendship stores during stopover of US newsmen flight from Hawaii to Peking
Horst Faas
Date: February 20, 1972
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.194
I've taught several of the Red Cross Child Education courses. They are open to the general public and they are free. It takes courage for people to say I don't know how to take care of a new born infant. In six lessons, I teach them about pregnancy, labor, delivery, nutrition of the mother and newborn, the first week of life, and growth and development in the first year. Most people leave the course with confidence to become effective parents. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California,
I've taught several of the Red Cross Child Education courses. They are open to the general public and they are free. It takes courage for people to say I don't know how to take care of a new born infant. In six lessons, I teach them about pregnancy, labor, delivery, nutrition of the mother and newborn, the first week of life, and growth and development in the first year. Most people leave the course with confidence to become effective parents. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California,
Bill Owens
Date: 1969-75
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.88
© Estate of Paul Almásy / Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation.
Ici Lima --The first specialized TV school opened in the Peruvian capital: there are schools for everything in the world and as human knowledge expands, new schools open their doors.
Paul Almásy
Date: 1961
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.26
The first Germans taken prisoner in the Western Desert arrive at Cairo railway station en route to prison camp. Egyptian police hold back the guards gathered to watch their arrival
The first Germans taken prisoner in the Western Desert arrive at Cairo railway station en route to prison camp. Egyptian police hold back the guards gathered to watch their arrival
George Rodger
Date: c. 1941
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.209
Photograph by John Bentham.
The Freedom Choir in the Tabernacle Baptist Church. High school students and children helped start the Selma movement
Danny Lyon
Date: 1963, printed 2010
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2016.17.37
I've taught my baton class through all my pregnancies. The exercise has been good for me. I didn't close my baton studio because there'd be forty girls without a teacher.
I've taught my baton class through all my pregnancies. The exercise has been good for me. I didn't close my baton studio because there'd be forty girls without a teacher.
Bill Owens
Date: 1975, printed 1999
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.123
Ready On the Firing Line: a Chinese Army squad prepares to fire in a small arms demonstration at the 196th Division of the Greater Peking Municipality. The vice commander of the division says its main task is to be militarily prepared to defend China and liberate Taiwan
Ready On the Firing Line: a Chinese Army squad prepares to fire in a small arms demonstration at the 196th Division of the Greater Peking Municipality. The vice commander of the division says its main task is to be militarily prepared to defend China and liberate Taiwan
Horst Faas
Date: August 14, 1972
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.195
Infant care, a "Foyers Social" class given by the Red Cross, Leopoldville, the Belgian Congo (now Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Infant care, a "Foyers Social" class given by the Red Cross, Leopoldville, the Belgian Congo (now Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Paul Almásy
Date: 1959
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.74
Young Ballerinas from a Duncan Dance Class for Children, New York City
Young Ballerinas from a Duncan Dance Class for Children, New York City
Erika Stone
Date: 1940-1949, printed 1978
Medium: Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.263
The First Lesson
The First Lesson
Nathaniel Currier
Date: before 1856
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.32
Christening of the Heiress to Holland's Throne (Beatrix Armgard): The loyal subjects of the Royal House of Orange, aristocrats and commoners, rich and poor, old and young, whole-heartedly took part in the joyful celebrations on the occasion of the christening of Princess Beatrix, infant daughter of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernard. With touching affection and devotion, the whole county rejoiced in the happiness of its beloved Royal family. A brilliant pageant was staged to honor the heiress presumptive to the Dutch throne. All the notables and dignitaries of the country, Royal guests from abroad, including King Leopold of the Belgians joined the splendid procession to the great church of the Hague where the religious ceremony took place. The infant princess' godparents were King Leopold of the Belgians, Duke Adolph Frederick of Mecklen
Christening of the Heiress to Holland's Throne (Beatrix Armgard): The loyal subjects of the Royal House of Orange, aristocrats and commoners, rich and poor, old and young, whole-heartedly took part in the joyful celebrations on the occasion of the christening of Princess Beatrix, infant daughter of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernard. With touching affection and devotion, the whole county rejoiced in the happiness of its beloved Royal family. A brilliant pageant was staged to honor the heiress presumptive to the Dutch throne. All the notables and dignitaries of the country, Royal guests from abroad, including King Leopold of the Belgians joined the splendid procession to the great church of the Hague where the religious ceremony took place. The infant princess' godparents were King Leopold of the Belgians, Duke Adolph Frederick of Mecklen
Date: May 12, 1938
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.217
Christening of the Heiress to Holland's Throne (Beatrix Armgard): The loyal subjects of the Royal House of Orange, aristocrats and commoners, rich and poor, old and young, whole-heartedly took part in the joyful celebrations on the occasion of the christening of Princess Beatrix, infant daughter of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernard. With touching affection and devotion, the whole county rejoiced in the happiness of its beloved Royal family. A brilliant pageant was staged to honor the heiress presumptive to the Dutch throne. All the notables and dignitaries of the country, Royal guests from abroad, including King Leopold of the Belgians joined the splendid procession to the great church of the Hague where the religious ceremony took place. The infant princess' godparents were King Leopold of the Belgians, Duke Adolph Frederick of Mecklen
Christening of the Heiress to Holland's Throne (Beatrix Armgard): The loyal subjects of the Royal House of Orange, aristocrats and commoners, rich and poor, old and young, whole-heartedly took part in the joyful celebrations on the occasion of the christening of Princess Beatrix, infant daughter of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernard. With touching affection and devotion, the whole county rejoiced in the happiness of its beloved Royal family. A brilliant pageant was staged to honor the heiress presumptive to the Dutch throne. All the notables and dignitaries of the country, Royal guests from abroad, including King Leopold of the Belgians joined the splendid procession to the great church of the Hague where the religious ceremony took place. The infant princess' godparents were King Leopold of the Belgians, Duke Adolph Frederick of Mecklen
Date: May 12, 1938
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.218