Wooden school bench from the Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church and School

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Wooden school bench with a desk attached at the back. The seat is made of a single board, with a single slat forming an apron across the front. The seat back is three (1) horizontal slats. The desk is attached behind the top slat and is a single wooden board. The desk, slats, and seat are all nailed to two (2) side panels with v-shaped cut-outs on the bottom and curved backs.

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