ORIGINAL
THOUGHTS, ESSAYS & STANZAS
WRITTEN
BY THE
PUPILS
OF THE
SAN
FRANCISCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
NAMES
OF WRITERS
AND
THE SCHOOLS AND GRADES
TO
WHICH THEY BELONG
Together
with Cuts of the Writers who are at the Winners are the Prizes offered by the
Merchants are San Francisco, and the Engravings of the Pupils whose Essays and
Stanzas deserve Recognition because of their Combined Merit.
L. R. HARE & CO. SAN FRANCISCO,
CAL.
1894
Superintendent
of Public Schools, SAN
FRANCISCO, CAL.
Grace Shaw, Girl’s High School, written in
Class.
Maude E. Hammond, 2033 Howard Street, Mission
Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Beulah Stubbs, 2519 Pacific Avenue, Pacific
Heights' Grammar School, 6th Grade
Ella Neuwahl, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Houston Cook, 141 Haight Street, Denman
Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Esther R. Wolf, Hamilton Grammar School,
written in class.
Gertrude B. Featherstone, 914 Twenty-fourth
Street, Girls' High school, Middle Class.
Prize awarded by D. Ghirardelli & Sons.
John Colbert, 634 Elizabeth Street, Lincoln
Grammar School, 7th Grade. (Second
prize awarded by Charles E. Naylor)
Willie D. Ward, 242 12th Street, Mission
Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Blanche M. Sternheim, 1728 Bush Street, Denman
Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Alice Chalmers, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Agnes Corrigan, 2307 Mariposa Street, Mission
Grammar School, 7th Grade.
Agnes Schumacher, 1223 Pierce Street,
Cosmopolitan Grammar School, 7th Grade.
Mamie Kennedy, 318 Hill Street, Franklin
Grammar School, 6th Grade.
Miriam B. Levy, 1501 Scott Street, Graduate
Girls' High School, Class '94.
Emil Dold, 262 Eighth Street, Franklin Grammar
School, 6th Grade.
Rae Flatow, 810 Hyde Street, South
Cosmopolitan Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Tina Richardson, Girls' High School, written
in class.
Jennie Schwartzschild, 2015 Buchanan Street,
Graduate of Denman School, 1894.
Julia Byrnes, 37 ½ Russ Street, Mission Grammar School, 8 Grade.
Lucy L. Dunne, 912A Larkin Street, Denman
Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Adah E. Horr, 2207 Webster Street, Pacific
Heights School, 7th Grade. Prize awarded by Joseph Fredericks & Co.
Annie Rauer, 1120 Ella Street, South
Cosmopolitan Grammar School, 7th Grade.
Eda Coblentz, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Ray Oppenheimer, 1534 O’ Farrell Street,
Hamilton Grammar School, 8 Grade.
Hazel A. Brown, 2911 Deakin Street, Berkeley,
Le Conte School, 6th Grade. Prize
awarded by Goldberg, Bowen & Lebenbaum.
Julia Cunningham, 322 Eighteenth Street,
Mission Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Elsie Silva, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Florence Sollman, Girls' High School, written
in class.
Jennie A. Bury, Hamilton Grammar School, 8th
Grade.
Lillie E. McGill, 2200 Steiner Street, Pacific
Heights Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Prize awarded by Sloane & Co.
Gettie Stoddard, Girls' High School, written
in class.
Fannie Kingsland, 1778 Green St, Pacific
Heights Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Prize awarded by Wakelee & Co.
Helen Simmons, Girls' High School, written in
class.
John E. Baker, 717 Eddie Street, Clement
Grammar School, 8th Grade. Prize
awarded by John Utschig.
Mattie Ijams, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Minnie Jenne, 247 Langton Street, Franklin Grammar School, 8th Grade. Prize awarded by W. K. Vanderslice & Co.
Christina Regan, Girls' High School, written in class.
Lillian Clarkson
, 522 Eddy Street, Denman Grammar School, 8th Grade. Prize awarded by F. H. Bushnell.Estelle Baker, Girls' High School, written in class.
Mary McKeon
, 2116 Steiner Street, Pacific Heights Grammar School, Graduate Class ‘94. Prize awarded by Thomas Morton.Mabel Leary, Girls' High School, written in class.
William Boradori
, 1509 Kansas Street, Polytechnic High School, Middle Class. Prize awarded by the Goodyear Rubber Company.Louise Holling, Girls' High School, written in class.
Harry B. Gawthorne, 137 Chestnut St, Washington Grammar School, 7th Grade. Prize of offered by Palmer & Rey Type Foundry Company.
Lillian Bradshaw, 2107 California Street, Denman Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Blanche DuBois, 313 Capp St, Mission Grammar Sch., 8th Grade. C.F. Weber & Co.
Sadie Gosliner, 236 ½ Eleventh Street, Franklin Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Ethel Becht, 2820 Clay Street, Denman Grammar School.
Ida Watson, Douglass and Twenty-first Streets, James Lick School, 8th Grade. Written on Harbor View Baths.
Ostroilo Kucich, 1919 DuPont Street, Lincoln Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Julia Eppinger, Girls' High School, written in class.
George Ahlers, 32 Dore Street, Franklin Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Philip Bill, 7 Card Alley, North Cosmopolitan Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Susie M. Daniel, 2013 Polk Street, Spring Valley Grammar School, 6th Grade.
Helen Clare Lillis
, 3036 California Street, Denman Grammar School, 8th Grade.Effie Dinniene, 49 Hoff Avenue, Mission Grammar School, 7th Grade.
Clara Malter, 318 Golden Gate Avenue.
Millie Wright, 3108 Buchanan Street, Graduate Girls' High School.
Tessie M. Davidson, Hamilton Grammar School, written in class.
Josephine Francis
, 5 Guerrero Street, Girls' High School, Graduate Class '94.Josie Isaacs, Girls' High School, written in class.
Helen G. Barker
, 1430 Webster Street, Girls' High School, Senior Class.Flora Colemore, Girls' High School, written in class.
Adria L. Shaw, Girls' High School, written in class.
Ernest Cotter
, 522 Sixth Street, Franklin Grammar School, 8th Grade. Prize awarded by C. R. Spilvalo & Co.Emily R. Coey, Girls' High School, written in class.
Alice M. Johnston, 2517 Fillmore Street,
Pacific Heights School, 6th Grade.
Prize awarded by Healds Business College.
Nettie Roth, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Rebecca Hess, 1800 Sutter Street, Denman
Grammar School, 8th Grade. Prize
awarded by the "Wonder" Millinery Company.
Florence Nightingale, Girls' High School,
written in class.
Helen French
, 330 Duncan Street, James Lick Grammar School, 5th Grade. Prize awarded by "Wonder" Millinery Company.Francys Rosenstirn, Girls'
High School, written in class.
Frank Mettman, 915 Twentieth Street, Horace
Mann Grammar School, 6th Grade. Prize
awarded by Clabrough, Golcher & Co.
Georgie A. Harris, 615 Bush Street, Denman
Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Leo Lebenbaum, 1522 O’ Farrell St, South
Cosmopolitan Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Prize awarded by the Olympic Salt Water Company.
Rosie Cahen, 1044 Golden Gate Av, South
Cosmopolitan Grammar School, 7th Grade.
Mamie Barrett, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Grace Sellon, Girls' High School, written in
class.
J. Gilbert Rechel, 1003 Valencia Street,
Mission Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Frankie Sullivan, Girls' High School, written
in class.
Charlie Thall, 1124 ½ Folsom Street, Franklin Grammar School, 6th
Grade.
Grace M. Cole, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Jeanie Lindsay, 406 California Avenue,
Columbia Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Grace Berry, 515 Jones Street, Denman Grammar
School, 8th Grade.
Bessie Baldwin Beardsley, written in class.
Agnes O'Connell, Girls' High School, written
in class.
Marion Hennessy, 1505 Clay Street, Denman
Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Mollie Sullivan, 625 Natoma Street, Clement
Grammar School, 8th Grade. Prize
awarded by Nathan, Dohrmann & Co.
May Nutting, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Blanche Lewis, 1420 Sutter Street, Denman
Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Margaret MGuire, Girls' High School, written
in class.
Essie Baum, 2918 Jackson Street, Pacific Heights
Grammar School, 7th Grade. Prize
awarded by Hills Brothers.
Hilda Levy, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Lulu A. Wegener, 1421 McAllister Street,
Hamilton Grammar School, 7th Grade.
Prize awarded by Hills Brothers.
Martha Triest, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Wallace W. Wideman, 2515 1/2 B
t Avenue,
Boys' High School. Prize awarded by the
United States Watch and Suit Company.
Nellie Mitchkus, Girls' High School, written
in class.
Lillie Fritschi, 613 Bush Street, South
Cosmopolitan Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Prize awarded by Osborn Hardware and Tool Company.
Emma Koch, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Arthur Cousins, 200 ½ Ninth Street, Franklin Grammar School, 6th
Grade. Prize awarded by Osborn Hardware
and Tool Company.
Maud Itsell, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Fredda Cool, 22 Kearny Street, Denman Grammar
School, 8th Grade.
Kathryn Gaines, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Irene MacDonald, 435 Fifteenth Street, Mission
Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Florence Boston, Girls' High School, written
in class.
R. H. Kelley, 1505 Jones Street, Spring Valley
Grammar School, 8th Grade. Prize
awarded by E. T. Allen Company.
Helen Boyle, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Rebecca Ellingsworth, 509 Leavenworth Street,
Denman Grammar School, 8th Grade. Prize
awarded by E. T. Allen Company.
May Lippitt, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Ethel I. Kennedy, Girls' High School, written
in class.
Mabel Sanderson, 821 Jessie Street, Clement
Grammar School, 8th Grade. Prize
awarded by the Selby Smelting & Lead Company.
Elsie Krafft, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Josephine Lippincott Hofmann, 1219 Bush
Street, Denman Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Frances Judson, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Mae Melrose, written in class.
James McDermott, 531 Seventh Street, Lincoln
Grammar School, 8th Grade. Prize
awarded by W. P. Fuller & Co.
Alice Greenbaum, Girls' High School, written
in class.
Stella Hermann, 1813 Pine Street, Denman
Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Minnie Newfield, Girls' High School, written
in class.
Charles G. Kuehn, 612 post Street, Lincoln
Grammar School, 7th Grade. Prize
awarded by the Columbus Buggy Company.
Nellie Hensel, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Mollie Silvey, 235 Eighth Street, Franklin
Grammar School, 6th Grade. Written for
the Columbus Buggy Company.
Susie Vincent, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Sarah Wilson, 413 Post Street, Denman Grammar
School, 8th Grade.
Tottie Burness, 520 Hill Street, James Lick
Grammar School.
L. Lavery, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Charles G. Moraghan, 131 Ridley Street,
Lincoln Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Estelle G. Feusier, Girls' High School,
written in class.
Caroline L. Stevenson, 2530 Sutter Street,
Hamilton Grammar School, 7th Grade.
Christabel Sobey, Girls' High School, written
in class.
Henrietta C. Langrehr, 1421 McAllister Street,
Golden Gate School, 4th Grade.
Harriet Simon, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Cleone Cummings, 1402 Bush Street, Denman Grammar
School, 8th Grade.
Elizabeth Vincent, Girls' High School, written
in class.
Florence Maynes, Girls' High School, written
in class.
Charles N. Fisher, 923 McAllister Street,
Cosmopolitan Grammar School.
Emma Prosek, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Alice Breese, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Florence Ryder, 1710 ½ Sacramento Street, Denman Grammar School, 8th
Grade.
Mamie Mulvin, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Gertie Lapidaire, 503 Grove Street, John Swett
Grammar School, 8th Grade. Prize
awarded by John F. Meyers & Company.
Maud Stevenson, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Keige Takeyama, 403 Geary Street, Clement
Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Adelaide M. Hobe, Girls' High School, written
in class.
Theodora Dutreux, 1102 Taylor Street, Denman
Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Mabel N. Wise, Girls' High School, written in
class.
L. A. Womble, 2233 Washington Street, Pacific
Heights Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Alice Pleasant, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Ida Precht, 1215 Bush Street, Denman Grammar
School.
Alice E. Bachman, Girls' High School, written
in class.
Jessie R. Wood, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Alice Power, 715 Lombard Street, North
Cosmopolitan Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Anna Ryan, 1134 Howard Street, Franklin
Grammar School, 6th Grade. Prize
awarded by California Glue Works---M. Holje.
Bertha Johnson, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Bertha Gutstadt, 815 ½ Filbert Street, North Cosmopolitan Grammar
School, 8th Grade. Prize awarded by
Sperry Flour Company.
Edith Browning, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Alice Louise Marsh, Girls' High School,
written in class.
Mary Williams, 1719 Post Street, Denman
Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Lizzie O'Brien, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Bessie W. Crabbe, Girls' High School, written
in class.
Hilma Jones, 1318 Octavia Street, Clement
Grammar School, 6th Grade.
Thomas R. Tamura, Clement Grammar School, 7th
Grade. His essay refers to the firm of
George W. Shreve.
Daisy Getz, Hamilton Grammar School, 8th
Grade, written in class.
David Wahlberg, 407 Tenth Street, Franklin
Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Lola McFeely, Girls' High School, written in
class.
Lettie Roundtree, Girls' High School, written
in class.
Maud Stewartson, Girls' High School.
Markert Ames, Girls' High School.
Victor L. Duhem, 114 Mason Street, Lincoln
Grammar School, 6th Grade.
Lizzie Walsh, 29 Albion Avenue, Polytechnic
High School, Junior Class.
Joseph F. Gallagher, 6 Leroy Place, Washington
Grammar School, Graduate Class ’94
Mae Melrose, 1310 Broderick Street, Lowell High
School, Middle Class.
Margret Sonderup, 228 Nineteenth Street, Mission
Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Edmund Stark, 1019 Post Street, Clement
Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Lucille O'Connell, Girls' High School, written
in class.
Edith M. Wallace, Girls' High School, written
in class.
Maude R. Kennedy, Girls' High School, written
in class.
Jennie M. Heald, 5 Shakespeare Street, San
Francisco Normal School.
Lulu Branch, 3009 Sacramento Street, Denman
Grammar School, 8th Grade.
Transcribed by Nancy Pratt Melton.