CS 188
Unknown school play, possibly on American history
Clark Studio
Roanoke Public Libraries
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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CS188
CS 161
Classroom portrait. Ronnie Jordan (?) pictured top left by the door
Clark Studio
Roanoke Public Libraries
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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CS161
CS 160
Classroom portrait. Ruth Anderson identified top left by the tree. Ms. Taylor, the teacher, identified in the center of the second row
Clark Studio
Roanoke Public Libraries
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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CS160
FC013 Mountain Normal School
Mountain Normal School students posing in front of the dormitory building.
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
Circa 1910
Nelson Harris
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FC013
BM 297 Bent Mountain School
Group at Bent Mountain School.
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
1920s
Sheri Poff
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BM297
BM 290 Bent Mountain High
1936 Graduating Class of Bent Mountain High School; Standing, L to R: Raymond Carr, George Powell, Homer Reed; Seated, L to R: Elois King, Margaret Jamison
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
1936
Glenn Reed
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BM290
BM 017 Back Creek School
Students at Back Creek School.
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
unknown
Nelson Harris
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BM017
BM 011 Haran School
School – probably the old log school house first used for Haran School before larger facility was built.
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
unknown
Back Creek Civic League
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BM011
BM 007 Back Creek School
Sophomore Class at Back Creek School: L to R: Billy Agee, Jane Coon, Edmund Chamberlain, Douglas Grisso, Louis Grisso, Hazel Henderson, John Jones, Mildred Jones, Lotherine Lavinder, Sara Lee Poage, Evelyn Webster
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
1930s
Back Creek Civic League
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BM007
BM 006 Back Creek School
School group at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest Roanoke County.
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
1930s
Back Creek Civic League
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BM006
BM 005 Back Creek School
School group at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest Roanoke County.
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
1930s
Back Creek Civic League
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BM005
BM 004 Back Creek School
School group at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest Roanoke County.
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
1930s
Back Creek Civic League
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BM004
BM 003 Back Creek School
School group at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest Roanoke County.
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
unknown
Back Creek Civic League
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BM003
BM 002 Back Creek School
Back Creek School, back row L to R: Bernice Harmon, Charlie Blankenship, Lonzie Janney, Dempsey Grisso, Dean Dores; Second row, L to R: Buster Webster, Edison Likens, Isaac Sutphin, Grover Sink, Harry Cannaday, Grant Christley; Front row, L to R: Keith Kittinger, Homer Clemons, Roy Cannaday, Ernest Altice, Elmo Clemmons, Wally Marlow
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
1930s
Isaac Sutphin
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BM002
BM 001 Back Creek School
Students at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest Roanoke County.
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
unknown
Back Creek Civic League
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BM001
BM 179 Back Creek School
Students and teachers in front of Back Creek School.
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
1917
Molly Koon
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BM179
BM 178
Students and teachers in front of Back Creek School.
W.F. Jackson
Roanoke Public Libraries
October 1929
Molly Koon
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BM178
BM 127 Back Creek School
Students and teachers in front of Back Creek School. Ann Hogan w/tie upper left of group (principal/teacher),
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
1920s
Joyce M. Turman
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BM127
BM 124 Ice Cream at Lunch
Miss Annie Bohon sells ice cream during lunch at Back Creek Elementary School. The ice cream cooler was inside the front door of the school.
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
1950s
Joyce M. Turman
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BM124
BM 123 Back Creek 6th Grade
6th graders in Back Creek School classroom.
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
1953
Joyce M. Turman
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BM123
BM 119 Back Creek Children
Unidentified children at Back Creek School.
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
unknown
Molly Koon
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BM119
BM 098
Students at Back Creek School.
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
Circa 1930
Walter Henry
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BM098
BM 097 Back Creek Students
Back Creek School students. Pictured are Principal Grant McGee, teacher Ann Hogan, who later married McGee. All others unidentified.
W.F. Jackson
Roanoke Public Libraries
1930s
Walter Henry
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BM097
BM 096 BCS 1932 Class
Senior Class at Back Creek School
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
1932
Walter Henry
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BM096
BM 092 4-H Club
Back Creek 4-H Club.
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
1957-1958
Jane Fralin Grisso
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BM092
BM 061 Back Creek High School
Back Creek High School. Pictured are: Teachers Grant McGhee, Elsie Kennedy and Ann Hogan McGhee, George Beach, Paul Ferguson, Bowman Ferguson, Clifton Grisso, Wilson Moser, Edwin Garner, Aaron Martin, Clayton Tinnell Sr., Kenneth Grisso, Carl Wade, Howard Bohon, Cleda Grisso, Gay Beckner, Aubrey Kesseler, Ernestine Cawley, Melvin Grisso, Evelyn Kesseler, Irene McIntruff, Leonard Kingery, Doris Agee, Monroe Christley, Ruth Saunders, Beulah Riley. Order unknown
W.F. Jackson
Roanoke Public Libraries
unknown
Debra Christley
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BM061
BM 059 Back Creek School
Back Creek High School. L to R: Gertie Hopper, Glenna Christley, Camile Lavender, Cleda Grisso, Elsie Christley; man at back is Shelton Gates.
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
1933
Debra Christley
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BM059
BM 051 Back Creek School
W.F. Bolton's 8th grade class at Back Creek School.
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
1953
Mauvieleen Altis
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BM051
BM 043 Back Creek School
Students in front of Back Creek School.
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
1917
Molly Koon
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BM043
BM 001 Back Creek School
Students at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest Roanoke County.
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
unknown
Back Creek Civic League
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BM001
MP 24.5 Mt. Pleasant School
Unidentified students in front of Mt. Pleasant School in Roanoke County.
unknown
Roanoke Public Libraries
unknown
Stranna Leslie Arthur
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MP24.5
GB69 Harrison School
Harrison School Faculty 1948/1950.
Harrison School was built in 1916 for the cost of $31,818 and opened in the winter of 1917. Lucy Addison served as the school’s first principal. Addison was responsible for gradually expanding the curriculum to include high school classes at Harrison and she repeatedly lobbied the Virginia Board of Education for full accreditation. Addison’s efforts were finally recognized in 1924 when the Virginia Board of Education accredited Harrison School as a secondary school. That same year, Harrison School graduated its first class high school class, becoming the first public high school for African Americans in Southwest Virginia. After the opening of a Lucy Addison High School in 1928, Harrison School continued as an elementary school until the 1960s. From 1985 to 2009 the Harrison School building housed the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.
Roanoke Public Libraries
1948
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB69
Gainsboro
GB68 Harrison School
Mr. Thomas Payne's first class.
Harrison School was built in 1916 for the cost of $31,818 and opened in the winter of 1917. Lucy Addison served as the school’s first principal. Addison was responsible for gradually expanding the curriculum to include high school classes at Harrison and she repeatedly lobbied the Virginia Board of Education for full accreditation. Addison’s efforts were finally recognized in 1924 when the Virginia Board of Education accredited Harrison School as a secondary school. That same year, Harrison School graduated its first class high school class, becoming the first public high school for African Americans in Southwest Virginia. After the opening of a Lucy Addison High School in 1928, Harrison School continued as an elementary school until the 1960s. From 1985 to 2009 the Harrison School building housed the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.
Roanoke Public Libraries
Unknown
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB68
Gainsboro
GB67.6 Harrison School
Students playing on the basketball court at Harrison School.
Harrison School was built in 1916 for the cost of $31,818 and opened in the winter of 1917. Lucy Addison served as the school’s first principal. Addison was responsible for gradually expanding the curriculum to include high school classes at Harrison and she repeatedly lobbied the Virginia Board of Education for full accreditation. Addison’s efforts were finally recognized in 1924 when the Virginia Board of Education accredited Harrison School as a secondary school. That same year, Harrison School graduated its first class high school class, becoming the first public high school for African Americans in Southwest Virginia. After the opening of a Lucy Addison High School in 1928, Harrison School continued as an elementary school until the 1960s. From 1985 to 2009 the Harrison School building housed the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.
Roanoke Public Libraries
Unknown
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB67.6
Gainsboro
GB67.5
Students playing on the basketball court at Harrison School.
Harrison School was built in 1916 for the cost of $31,818 and opened in the winter of 1917. Lucy Addison served as the school’s first principal. Addison was responsible for gradually expanding the curriculum to include high school classes at Harrison and she repeatedly lobbied the Virginia Board of Education for full accreditation. Addison’s efforts were finally recognized in 1924 when the Virginia Board of Education accredited Harrison School as a secondary school. That same year, Harrison School graduated its first class high school class, becoming the first public high school for African Americans in Southwest Virginia. After the opening of a Lucy Addison High School in 1928, Harrison School continued as an elementary school until the 1960s. From 1985 to 2009 the Harrison School building housed the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.
Roanoke Public Libraries
Unkown
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB67.5
Gainsboro
GB67.4 Harrison School
Students playing on the basketball court at Harrison School.
Harrison School was built in 1916 for the cost of $31,818 and opened in the winter of 1917. Lucy Addison served as the school’s first principal. Addison was responsible for gradually expanding the curriculum to include high school classes at Harrison and she repeatedly lobbied the Virginia Board of Education for full accreditation. Addison’s efforts were finally recognized in 1924 when the Virginia Board of Education accredited Harrison School as a secondary school. That same year, Harrison School graduated its first class high school class, becoming the first public high school for African Americans in Southwest Virginia. After the opening of a Lucy Addison High School in 1928, Harrison School continued as an elementary school until the 1960s. From 1985 to 2009 the Harrison School building housed the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.
Roanoke Public Libraries
Unknown
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB67.4
Gainsboro
GB67.3 Harrison School
Students playing on the basketball court at Harrison School.
Harrison School was built in 1916 for the cost of $31,818 and opened in the winter of 1917. Lucy Addison served as the school’s first principal. Addison was responsible for gradually expanding the curriculum to include high school classes at Harrison and she repeatedly lobbied the Virginia Board of Education for full accreditation. Addison’s efforts were finally recognized in 1924 when the Virginia Board of Education accredited Harrison School as a secondary school. That same year, Harrison School graduated its first class high school class, becoming the first public high school for African Americans in Southwest Virginia. After the opening of a Lucy Addison High School in 1928, Harrison School continued as an elementary school until the 1960s. From 1985 to 2009 the Harrison School building housed the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.
Roanoke Public Libraries
Unknown
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB67.3
Gainsboro
GB67.2 Harrison School
Students playing on the basketball court at Harrison School.
Harrison School was built in 1916 for the cost of $31,818 and opened in the winter of 1917. Lucy Addison served as the school’s first principal. Addison was responsible for gradually expanding the curriculum to include high school classes at Harrison and she repeatedly lobbied the Virginia Board of Education for full accreditation. Addison’s efforts were finally recognized in 1924 when the Virginia Board of Education accredited Harrison School as a secondary school. That same year, Harrison School graduated its first class high school class, becoming the first public high school for African Americans in Southwest Virginia. After the opening of a Lucy Addison High School in 1928, Harrison School continued as an elementary school until the 1960s. From 1985 to 2009 the Harrison School building housed the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.
Roanoke Public Libraries
Unknown
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB67.2
Gainsboro
GB67.1 Harrison School
Students playing on the basketball court at Harrison School.
Harrison School was built in 1916 for the cost of $31,818 and opened in the winter of 1917. Lucy Addison served as the school’s first principal. Addison was responsible for gradually expanding the curriculum to include high school classes at Harrison and she repeatedly lobbied the Virginia Board of Education for full accreditation. Addison’s efforts were finally recognized in 1924 when the Virginia Board of Education accredited Harrison School as a secondary school. That same year, Harrison School graduated its first class high school class, becoming the first public high school for African Americans in Southwest Virginia. After the opening of a Lucy Addison High School in 1928, Harrison School continued as an elementary school until the 1960s. From 1985 to 2009 the Harrison School building housed the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.
Roanoke Public Libraries
Unknown
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB67.1
Gainsboro
GB67 Harrison School
Students playing on the basketball court at Harrison School.
Harrison School was built in 1916 for the cost of $31,818 and opened in the winter of 1917. Lucy Addison served as the school’s first principal. Addison was responsible for gradually expanding the curriculum to include high school classes at Harrison and she repeatedly lobbied the Virginia Board of Education for full accreditation. Addison’s efforts were finally recognized in 1924 when the Virginia Board of Education accredited Harrison School as a secondary school. That same year, Harrison School graduated its first class high school class, becoming the first public high school for African Americans in Southwest Virginia. After the opening of a Lucy Addison High School in 1928, Harrison School continued as an elementary school until the 1960s. From 1985 to 2009 the Harrison School building housed the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.
Roanoke Public Libraries
Unknown
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB67
Gainsboro
GB17 Harrison School Boys Choir
Harrison School Boys choir.
Lawson L. Reeves
Roanoke Public Libraries
Unknown
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB17
Gainsboro
GB10 Lucy Addison High School Football Game
Lucy Addison High School football game at Victory Stadium.
Steve Brody
Roanoke Public Libraries
September 24, 1959
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB10
South Roanoke
GB04 Lucy Addison High School Girls' Basketball Team
Lucy Addison High School Girls' basketball team.
Sonny Nathaniel "Bay" Hale
Roanoke Public Libraries
Unknown
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB04
Gainsboro
GB03 Lucy Addison High School Majorettes
Lucy Addison High School Majorettes in front of the Gainsboro Library.
Steve Brody
Roanoke Public Libraries
May 1959
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB03
Gainsboro
Davis2 11.64 Lucy Addison High Class
Lucy Addison High School Class of 1941.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
1941
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Davis2-11.64
Davis2 11.63 Addison High Class
Lucy Addison High School Class of 1943 in front of Roanoke Auditorium.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
1943
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Davis2-11.63
Davis2 11.9591 Hollins College
An unidentified student studies on the campus of Hollins College.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
Circa 1965
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Davis2-11.9591
Davis2 11.958 Hollins Tennis
Unidentified students prepare to play tennis on the campus of Hollins College.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
Circa 1965
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Davis2-11.958
Davis2 11.957 Hollins College
An unidentified student studies on the campus of Hollins College.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
Circa 1965
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Davis2-11.957
Davis2 11.955 Hollins College
Students study on the campus of Hollins College.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
Circa 1965
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Davis2-11.955
Davis 622 Commerce Street School
Students of Commerce Street School. Commerce Street School or First Ward School stood at the corner of Church Avenue and 2nd Street (Commerce). The school was built in 1890 and razed in 1929 to make way for the post office.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
Circa 1925
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Davis622
Davis 58.1 First Ward School
Fourth grade class from First Ward or Commerce Street School.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
Circa 1900
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Davis58.1
Davis 17.121a RC Class of 1950
Members of the Roanoke College Class of 1950 pose for a portrait with faculty members in front of the Administration Building.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
15 September 1950
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Davis17.121a
Davis 11.6522 Big Brother Club
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
1927
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Davis11.6522
Davis 11.6521 Jefferson High School Students
Jefferson High School junior class.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
1927
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Davis11.6521
Davis 11.23 Gilmer School
Gilmer School once stood on Gilmer Avenue in the general area of the Roanoke Civic Center.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
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Davis11.23
Davis 11.01 Class of Alleghany Institute
Class of the Alleghany Institute. Burrell Memorial Hospital took it over and built the hospital.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
Circa 1900
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Davis11.01