Martin Digital History

Mrs. Lowery's second grade class on field trip, 1955

Item

Title

Mrs. Lowery's second grade class on field trip, 1955

Description

Group of second graders with their teacher, Mrs. Lowery, inside Bruner's 5 &10 Self Service store filled with toys and other items, with each child holding a lollipop. The owner of the store, J. Herbert Bruner, stands beside Mrs. Lowery. Published in the Stuart News (22 Dec 1955) with the caption: "Mrs. Harris R. Lowery and J.H. Bruner pose with 28 of Mrs. Lowery's 2nd grade pupils from Stuart Elementary School. The class visited Bruner's 5 & 10 cent store toy shop last week as one of its unit of work for a preview of merchandising, selling, wrapping and making change. The work unit correlates reading, writing and spelling with buying and selling."

Source

Scan gift of Stuart Heritage Museum.

Publisher

Stuart News (Stuart, Fla.)

Date

Rights

No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Format

Black and white print, 9.4x7.6 inches

Language

English

Type

Still images

Identifier

SHM-2025-009-lowery-019
2025.009

Coverage

Original Format

Photographic print

Citation

Earl Dyer Ricou (1923-2011), “Mrs. Lowery's second grade class on field trip, 1955,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/12363.