Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Elementary school classroom, Richfield, 1955.

Elementary schools were bursting at the seams during the post-war years as "baby boomers" began to attend school. New elementary schools had to be built to accommodate the rising number of students.

This photograph shows a typical classroom in an elementary school in the Boom suburb of Richfield.

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Date: 1955
Identifer: location L3.2 r76

Elementary school classroom, Richfield, 1955.