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Group Portrait of African Americans in front of Building

Date: 02 17 1915
Description: Group portrait of African American children and adults posing in front of a run-down building with a stone chimney — possibly a rural school house.
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Stony Hill School

Date: 06 14 1946
Description: Stony Hill School house, where the first Flag Day was celebrated on June 14, 1885.
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The One-Room Schoolhouse on the Priestaf Property

Date: 2004
Description: This old one-room schoolhouse is on the Priestaf property. Called the "Good Road School," it was closed in the 1950s. The Priestaf house is a log building.
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School House

Date: 07 1965
Description: A rural schoolhouse photographed by a civil rights volunteer.

"A Negro school located outside Gillsburg, Miss. Photographed on our trip to return two MFD...

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Abandond Schoolhouse

Date: 1965
Description: The school used for African-American children in the western half of Clay County until 1960, pictured 5 years after it closed.
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Dunham School

Date: 1946
Description: Dunham School, standing in a grove of trees, surrounded by a fence. The building is built of brick and has a bell tower and chimney, with a front door with...
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Woodman Log School

Date: 1932
Description: The Woodman log school, in the township of Westford, was in use from 1850 until 1902, when a new school was built "just a few rods away." It is noted on th...
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Hollister Corners School

Date: 1932
Description: The rear wheel of a bicycle is visible beyond the small front porch of a small, deteriorating one room school. The main portion of the school building is ...

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