Title	School Hack
Subject	Transportation; Schools
Description	This school hack was from the Ryker's Ridge School area. We don't know exactly where or when it was in use. The school hack, despite its primitive looks, was a novel and improved mode of transportation. Without the hack, choices were walking, riding your own horse if there was one to spare, or an open farm wagon. The hack, in inclement weather, must have seemed pure luxury. According to information from Hiram Lemen, the hack pictured cost $600 to build and, when it was no longer in use, it was sold to George Kestler for $3. He bought it for his children.
Creator	Harry Lemen, photographer Eastman-Kodak Brownie Camera No. 2C model A, with No. 130 film.
Contributors	Madison-Jefferson County Public Library
Date	Picture taken March 29, 1927
Type	Negative (2-7/8"x4-7/8")
Format	Scanned negative, 1200 DPI, online JPG saved at 72 DPI 1000 pixels on long edge with a MicroTek ScanMaker 9800XL. Scan is full frame of negative. No correction of film errors. Slight sharpness and contrast adjustments.
Identifier	"Lemen1063schoolhack"
Source	Harry Lemen
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