Excerpt: On June 3, 1920, Scranton further cemented its place in international education. On that day, the Women's Domestic Institute laid the cornerstone for its new facility on Wyoming Avenue, across from its parent academy, the International Correspondence Schools.
The Women's Domestic Institute was organized in 1916. The first student to enroll was Dorothy Hammerly of Brooklyn, N.Y. This was an era of applying scientific knowledge to the home front in areas such as home canning and nutrition. Many women took pride in perfecting their cooking, sewing and other skills so they could run more comfortable and efficient households. The school offered courses to help them do that.
Excerpt: Well, a few weeks back I went to an estate sale and found a group of booklets that were quite interesting. They were from the Woman’s Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences, Scranton, Pennsylvania. The earliest copyright in the books was 1916, and the member’s card was from October 6, 1924.
From History of New Bedford. The New Bedford High School was established in 1827, with John F. Emerson principal, but was abolished in 1829. For eight years Mr. Emerson then conducted a private High School. In 1837 the Public High School was revivified under a mandatory state law, with Mr. Emerson at the head.
No mention of when the building in the postcard was constructed, but from its design, I'd guess the late 19th/early 20th century.
And from the information presented in a Wikipedia article*, one might assume the school is primarily a youth sports factory, with little to do with academics. (*Another piece of evidence as to why Wikipedia is a perversion of the idea of an encyclopedia.)
One of 4 public high schools in Springfield Massachusetts at the time. The other three included Classical, Commerce, and Technical.
Following the boys, as she once put it, Mom attended Tech and graduated in 1938. She always regretted not holding onto her yearbooks. And now, so do I.