This 1916 photograph originated from a classroom picture that was turned into a postcard. Turning pictures into postcards was a common practice back then. Here are the names that are known:
Row 1 (far)
Hildgarde Fredekind, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?

Row 2
Lucy Brooks, ?, Miriam Hatch, Freddie McCall(?), Andrew Saegner, ?, ?

Row 3
Fred Wieber, Forest Amsden, ?, Alice Sherman, ?, ?, ?

Row 4
Mary Wrather, Dorothy Anderson, Emery Bowen, Richard Young, ?, ?, ?
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This Spokane Chronicle blurb described the arson fire of the original Franklin school that gutted its interior. Purchased by the Milwaukee Railroad a year earlier for $115,000, damages from the fire were $25,000.
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This is young Harry R. Bates, his mother Nellie Bates, and his father Harry Bates during a picnic about 1908 or so. Harry R was the Uncle of Ray and Bob Mosher who attended the new Franklin School in the 40s and 50s. Harry R spoke of attending the old Franklin School in Spokane before it closed. The old Franklin was located downtown at Front (now Trent) and Sherman Streets. Harry R was born in August 1901. The family moved to Spokane around this same time and bought a house at N. 617 Hamilton Avenue. After the old Franklin School closed down, Harry R. attended Webster School. With an apple in his hand, we are uncertain where this photograph was taken. It is possible that Harry's older sister, Eva Bates, took this picture. Observe the angle from which the picture was taken. Harry Sr. was a conductor on the Northern Pacific Railway. This photograph may have been taken using a Kodak box camera.
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