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![Franklin academy ... A select school for boys. number strictly limited to twenty-four ... Washington. Polkinhorn, Pr. D St. bet. 6th & 7th Street. [1851?].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTEvMDEvMDEvZnJhbmtsaW4tYWNhZGVteS1hLXNlbGVjdC1zY2hvb2wtZm9yLWJveXMtbnVtYmVyLXN0cmljdGx5LWxpbWl0ZWQtdG8tdHdlbnR5LTEwMjQuanBn/320/502/jpg "Franklin academy ... A select school for boys. number strictly limited to twenty-four ... Washington. Polkinhorn, Pr. D St. bet. 6th & 7th Street. [1851?].")
![The Western academy, corner seventeenth and I streets, Washington, D. C. A select school will be opened on the first Monday in September for boys. Number of pupils limited to twenty-five ... Washington, July 26 [1855?] [Washington, D. C.] Polkin](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXdlc3Rlcm4tYWNhZGVteS1jb3JuZXItc2V2ZW50ZWVudGgtYW5kLWktc3RyZWV0cy13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWQtYy1hLXNlbGVjdC02NDAuanBn/40/62/webp "The Western academy, corner seventeenth and I streets, Washington, D. C. A select school will be opened on the first Monday in September for boys. Number of pupils limited to twenty-five ... Washington, July 26 [1855?] [Washington, D. C.] Polkin")
![Young ladies' classical institute. A select family boarding and day school. No. 490, E. street, between 5th and 6th streets, Washington City ... [Washington, D. C.] Henry Polkinhorn print. [1855].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTUvMDEvMDEveW91bmctbGFkaWVzLWNsYXNzaWNhbC1pbnN0aXR1dGUtYS1zZWxlY3QtZmFtaWx5LWJvYXJkaW5nLWFuZC1kYXktc2Nob29sLW5vLTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/57/webp "Young ladies' classical institute. A select family boarding and day school. No. 490, E. street, between 5th and 6th streets, Washington City ... [Washington, D. C.] Henry Polkinhorn print. [1855].")
![Central academy, Corner of E. and 10th street, Washington City, D. C. A select school for boys ... [Washington, D. C.] Polkinhorn's steam job press [1858?].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTgvMDEvMDEvY2VudHJhbC1hY2FkZW15LWNvcm5lci1vZi1lLWFuZC0xMHRoLXN0cmVldC13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWNpdHktZC1jLWEtc2VsZWN0LXNjaG9vbC02NDAuanBn/40/63/webp "Central academy, Corner of E. and 10th street, Washington City, D. C. A select school for boys ... [Washington, D. C.] Polkinhorn's steam job press [1858?].")
![The undersigned ... will open a school for young ladies, at Nos. 159 and 161 Pennsylvania Avenue, on Monday, September 6th ... [Washington, D. C. 1858].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTgvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXVuZGVyc2lnbmVkLXdpbGwtb3Blbi1hLXNjaG9vbC1mb3IteW91bmctbGFkaWVzLWF0LW5vcy0xNTktYW5kLTE2MS1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/62/webp "The undersigned ... will open a school for young ladies, at Nos. 159 and 161 Pennsylvania Avenue, on Monday, September 6th ... [Washington, D. C. 1858].")
![... Washington high schools. Courses of study outlined. [Washington, D. C., 1897].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1oaWdoLXNjaG9vbHMtY291cnNlcy1vZi1zdHVkeS1vdXRsaW5lZC13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWQtYy0xODk3LTRkNDc5OC02NDAuanBn/40/65/webp "... Washington high schools. Courses of study outlined. [Washington, D. C., 1897].")
