The Boston Pictorial Archive holds photographs documenting Boston-area adult and evening classes in the 19th century, with the bulk of the material covering the years between 1890 and 1893. These images offer interior and exterior views of buildings as well as adult students engaged in classroom work or other educational endeavors.
Schools such as the Evening Industrial School, Hancock Evening School, and the High School of Commerce are represented.
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| Students in a classroom |
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| 12 women students in a classroom |
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| A group of 10 women in a classroom |
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| A group of 14 students in a classroom |
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| Female students pose for photographing |
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| Male students pose for photographing |
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| Advance millinery, Hancock Evening School |
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| Advanced embroidery, Hancock Evening School |
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| Classroom for the fine arts and drawing |
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| Classroom for the fine arts and drawing |
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| Drafting desk of Evening Industrial School |
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| Drawing from models at an evening drawing classroom of Hopkins School |
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| Drawing head and bust at an evening drawing school |
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| Evening drawing school, Warren Avenue (3rd year pupils drawing from life models) |
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| Evening drawing school, Warren Avenue (second year class drawing from life models) |
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| Interior of a cooking classroom |
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| Physical laboratory of Evening Industrial School |
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| Posed view of school girls in a classroom |
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| Students in a classroom |
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| Students of a music class |
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| Typewriting class of High School of Commerce |
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| Unidentified school building |
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| Wood-working class for both men and women |
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| Woodworking class |
