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Unknown school play, possibly on American history

Classroom portrait. Ronnie Jordan (?) pictured top left by the door

Classroom portrait. Ruth Anderson identified top left by the tree. Ms. Taylor, the teacher, identified in the center of the second row

Mountain Normal School students posing in front of the dormitory building.

Group at Bent Mountain School.

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

Students at Back Creek School.

School – probably the old log school house first used for Haran School before larger facility was built.

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

School group at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest Roanoke County.

School group at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest Roanoke County.

School group at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest Roanoke County.

School group at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest Roanoke County.

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:…

Students at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest Roanoke County.

Students and teachers in front of Back Creek School.

Students and teachers in front of Back Creek School.

Students and teachers in front of Back Creek School. Ann Hogan w/tie upper left of group (principal/teacher),

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.

6th graders in Back Creek School classroom.

Unidentified children at Back Creek School.

Students at Back Creek School.

Back Creek School students. Pictured are Principal Grant McGee, teacher Ann Hogan, who later married McGee. All others unidentified.

Back Creek 4-H Club.

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,…

Back Creek High School. L to R: Gertie Hopper, Glenna Christley, Camile Lavender, Cleda Grisso, Elsie Christley; man at back is Shelton Gates.

W.F. Bolton's 8th grade class at Back Creek School.

Students in front of Back Creek School.

Students at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest Roanoke County.

Unidentified students in front of Mt. Pleasant School in Roanoke County.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Harrison School Boys choir.

Lucy Addison High School football game at Victory Stadium.

Lucy Addison High School Girls' basketball team.

Lucy Addison High School Majorettes in front of the Gainsboro Library.

Lucy Addison High School Class of 1941.

Lucy Addison High School Class of 1943 in front of Roanoke Auditorium.

An unidentified student studies on the campus of Hollins College.

Unidentified students prepare to play tennis on the campus of Hollins College.

An unidentified student studies on the campus of Hollins College.

Students study on the campus of Hollins College.

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.

Fourth grade class from First Ward or Commerce Street School.

Members of the Roanoke College Class of 1950 pose for a portrait with faculty members in front of the Administration Building.

Jefferson High School junior class.

Gilmer School once stood on Gilmer Avenue in the general area of the Roanoke Civic Center.

Class of the Alleghany Institute. Burrell Memorial Hospital took it over and built the hospital.
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