Amazing Lantern Slides of the Boston Trade School for Girls, circa 1914

The Boston Trade School For Girls, established as a private school in 1904 and later becoming a Boston Public School in 1909, aimed to train young girls for careers in the custom sewing industry. It was located at 616-620 Massachusetts Avenue.

These amazing lantern slides from City of Boston Archives were used in a presentation by students of the Trade School for Girls around 1914.

Junior Dressmaking class, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

Junior Dressmaking class, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

Showing how the little folks were fitted and dressed by junior dressmakers, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

A fitting on a velvet dress, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

Working at the form, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

A future waist draper in the Senior Dressmaking class, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

A lesson in measurements, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

A class in embroidery, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

Our own dresses, "new Spring fashions!", Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

At the machines, making skirts and petticoats, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

A draper showing her teacher just how she will work in the shop, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

Another draper quite successful in her work, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

We hope the cord and iron are correctly placed for the pressing of this skirt was quite a job!, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

Costume design students, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

A clever designer at the blackboard, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

An evening class - each one making a dress or blouse for herself, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

More future dressmakers working quietly and earnestly, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

Milliners making wire hat frames, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

Milliners making bows and sketching the ultra fashionable hat, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

The power stitchers on the job, from dresses, uniforms, shirts, etc. to..., Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

Stitching hats - the girl in the foreground is making the 'tips', Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

Shaping the hat, the blocks for which were purchased from a little shop on a country road in one of our suburbs, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

For the well rounded course in the Trade School, we still feel the need of English and Arithmetric classes..., Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

We are sure each sentence is to be correctly written, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

Bills, accounts, and measurements must be accurate, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

Here is the gymnasium. Skirts are rather long, but did not restrict too much, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

We still have the cooks, although the costume is slightly different, the cookie sheet and the cookies are about the same, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

As are also the muffins and the bread and butter sandwiches, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

And the grapefruit for the teachers' luncheon, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

Also the serving tables and Trade School girls in line, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

Once in awhile because of the nearness to the markets, there was a splendid opportunity for the cooks to learn all about the different cuts of meat, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

Summer days, out on the roof which extended from the second story of the building. A class in Senior Dressmaking, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

A millinery class on the roof, Trade School for Girls, Boston, circa 1914

Trade School for Girls, 616-620 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, circa 1914