Photo (P1093) and information courtesy The Reach Archives; Photo donated by Mary Harvey First Reader elementary class of Abbotsford Elementary School on the front steps of the school circa 1917. Bottom row, left to right: Paul Roberts, Flossie McNalley, Willena McPhee, Beatrice Rucker, Weweruski (first name unknown), Maximonko (first name unknown), unknown, Donald Wells, unknown. Second row: Jackie Alanson, unknown, Billie Pernoski, unknown, Agnes Wells. Third row: Irene Rolls, Violet Broad, Grace Hutchison, Hazel Vanetta, unknown, Olga Maximonko, David Gosling, Christine Rolls, unknown, Margaret Broad. Back row: Emma Moret, Mary Tebbutt (donor), unknown, Eddie Bedlow, Norman Sumner, Perry Buker, Miss Simlett.

Photo (P1093) and information courtesy The Reach Archives; Photo donated by Mary Harvey First Reader elementary class of Abbotsford Elementary School on the front steps of the school circa 1917. Bottom row, left to right: Paul Roberts, Flossie McNalley, Willena McPhee, Beatrice Rucker, Weweruski (first name unknown), Maximonko (first name unknown), unknown, Donald Wells, unknown. Second row: Jackie Alanson, unknown, Billie Pernoski, unknown, Agnes Wells. Third row: Irene Rolls, Violet Broad, Grace Hutchison, Hazel Vanetta, unknown, Olga Maximonko, David Gosling, Christine Rolls, unknown, Margaret Broad. Back row: Emma Moret, Mary Tebbutt (donor), unknown, Eddie Bedlow, Norman Sumner, Perry Buker, Miss Simlett.

PHOTOS: Century-old pictures offer glimpse of Abbotsford schools and students

Photos show students and the schools they studied at 100 years ago.

As kids return to school this week, they’ll be following the footsteps of generations of Abbotsford boys and girls.

Photos at The Reach Gallery Archive give a glimpse at students and the schools they studied at 100 years ago.

To search through The Reach’s archive’s, go to thereach.ca.


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