This photograph of an open air classroom in Jamaica Plain was published in the book Community Civics in 1921. This type of classroom was thought to protect children from tuberculosis infection and was part of an open air classroom movement in Europe and the United States.
In the publication, “A Chronology of the Boston Public Schools”, published by the The Finance Commission of the City of Boston indicates that in 1908, a teacher was assigned to open-air class for tuberculous children on Parker Hill, later transferred to Refectory Building, Franklin Park.
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