The Girton School for Girls was a boarding and day school for girls located in Winnetka, Illinois from 1901-1919. Eventually boys were admitted to the lower school. In 1919, the school was closed, and the campus became the new home of North Shore Country Day School. Many students continued on at North Shore.
These photos from the North Shore Country Day School Archives captured students of the Girton School for Girls during their performances in the 1910s.
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| Girton School for Girls May Revels celebration, circa 1910-15 |
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| Alice Quan Rood '15 dressed as Stark for the Girton School's 1914 performance of "Sanctuary: A bird masque" by Percy Mackaye |
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| Girton School for Girls May pole at the May Revel celebration, circa 1910-15 |
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| Girton School for Girls May Revels, 1914, heralds- Florence Tyden and Pricilla McIlvaine |
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| Girton School for Girls May Revels, 1914, The Pageant |
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| Girton School for Girls, May Revels, 1914. The May Pole dance, Helen Farrell, Cecil Rigby, Gladys McQuatters, Loretta McCambridge, Hazel Cornwell, Ruth Plain, Frances Von Hofsten, Dorothy Cornwell, Emily Matz, Catherine Chrismond, Marjorie Morris, Ruth Dixon, Dorothy Stanhope |
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| Girton School for Girls, unknown performance |
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| Girton School for Girls, unknown performance |
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| Girton School for Girls, unknown performance |
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| Girton School for Girls, unknown performance |
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| Girton School for Girls, unknown performance |
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| Girton School for Girls, unknown performance |
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| Girton School for Girls, unknown performance |
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| Girton School for Girls, unknown performance |
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| Girton School for Girls, unknown performance |
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| Girton School for Girls |
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| Girton School for Girls |
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| Girton School for Girls |
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| Girton School for Girls |
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| Girton School graduating class of 1912 outside the Winnetka Community House |
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| Katherine Strotz '17 dressed as Alwyn for the Girton School's 1914 performance of "Sanctuary: A bird masque" by Percy Mackaye |
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| Maybe Helen Louis |
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| Scene from "Twelfth Night" senior play - 1912, Girton School |
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| The Girton School upper and lower schools 1914 performance of "Sanctuary - A bird masque" by Percy Mackaye during the May Revels celebration, with the lower school children as birds |
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| The Girton School upper and lower schools 1914 performance of "Sanctuary - A bird masque" by Percy Mackaye during the May Revels celebration. Beatrice Starr as Ornis, Elizabeth Kultchar as Tacita |
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| The Girton School upper and lower schools 1914 performance of "Sanctuary: A bird masque" by Percy Mackaye during the May Revels celebration. Left to right: Katherine Strotz - Alwyn, Alice Boak - Quercus, Alice Rood - Stark, Beatrice Starr - Ornis, Elizabeth Kultchar - Tacita, Dorothy Work - Shy |
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| The Junior daisy chain of 1912, Girton School outside the Winnetka Community House |
