Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of schoolchildren and teachers
ca. 1913
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black and white photograph of school children and a teacher, posing in five rows, in front of a buildingl. Several children are identified in the photograph with the names and arrows inscribed in black ink: [Sylvanius Caldaverr / Maurice Banks / Itsy[...?] / Cora Martin / Waldo Faulkener [sic] / Willie Wilson / Cecil McNair / John Vincent / Cora Martin]. Waldo C. Falkener is seated in the first row, front, center. Most of the girls are wearing white dresses, while the boys are wearing jackets and ties. A handwritten note on the back in black ink identifies the subjects and location.
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Catalog reference: 2014.94.8
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