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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
1983.010.007
Title
Junior class at Otter School with teacher, Bertha Coulter.
Date
[between 1927 and 1929].
Description
Junior class at Otter school with teacher Bertha Coulter standing on the right side; children are arranged in four rows in front of the school stairs, with two standing, one seated, and the front row sitting cross-legged on the ground.
People/Subject
Atchison (nee Coulter), Bertha
Bertha was born September 29th 1903 to Mr and Mrs. David Moss Coulter. Her father had bought stores in Murrayville and Fort Langley with John Walter Berry. She had 1 brother and 4 sisters. Growing up she attended Fort Langley's St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. She married Harry Atchison and lived in Vancouver. She died Feb 12th 1996 in New Westminster.
Otter Elementary School
The original Otter School was built in 1896. Apparently classes had been held in another location since 1889. The school was moved to 3825 244th Street in 1913. There were numerous additions over a 50 year span dating from 1921. The school caught fire in 1976. The school's enrolment once had only 9 students before the turn of the century and now (2003) numbers 205 pupils from kindergarten through grade 7.
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