DescriptionSepia-tone photo of teacher Mary Elizabeth Cowen (or Cowan) with her class of boys at a school in Hoboken, NJ., circa 1886-1890. Received as digital file; reference print on file. Photographer not indicated. (Apparently original was an abumen print on photographer's mount.) All information above and here as per donor: Mary was born c. 1866 and married in 1890. Posed formal group photo of 53 boys, elementary school age, with a single teacher at the left, outside a building. Presumably a graduation ceremony or similar event.