Tennessee Schools In The Early 1900s May Shock You. They’re So Different.

Schools, and the kids who attended them, sure did look different a century ago. From one-room

schoolhouses to vintage buses, this is what school looked like in the early 1900s.

17) Young women shelling butterbeans at the Tennessee Industrial School

We're not sure if that's an elective we'd want to take.

16) Teaching soil conservation

This was apparently an academic option in 1953.

15) Fisk University, back in the day

This may not be a photograph, but it's neat to see the way it was in the late 1800s.

14) The Perkins School, Knoxville

Once upon a time in Knoxville...

13) Flenniken School Group

It's a trip to see all the long gowns and hats in this photo!

12) The smart Ivey Bluff school girls

Circa the 1950's.

11) Once upon a time the principal of the Gibbs School lived here

In 1927, that is.

10) The Lovell School, with all their sweet students

This shot of all the students and teachers was taken in 1904.

9) Assembly time at Central

It was quite the event in 1938.

8) 1921 saw the beginning of the Smithwood schoolbus

This. Was a school bus.

7) Here's Central High School administration in 1940

They look like an exciting bunch, don't you think?

6) A group of young ones at the Spring Hill School Group, sometime in the early 1900's

Spring Hill doesn't look like this anymore.

5) Here's a group of students at the Hopewell School

This photo was taken in 1905.

4) Music time at the Bell House

1913 was a happenin' time for these kids.

3) It was a snowy winter at the Paulette School

This photo was taken around 1920.

2) Tech at the Bowman School

Can you imagine working with this type of equipment?

1) Powell Grammar School in 1913

What sweet little ones - our grandparents, our great grandparents.

Do you know any of the stories behind these photographs? Let us know in the comments below!