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Photograph of schoolchildren and teachers

Object Details

Description
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.
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Photograph by
Unidentified
Subject of
Waldo Carroll Falkener Sr., American, 1902 - 1992
Unidentified Child or Children
Sylvanus Peeler Caldwell, American, 1903 - 1920
Maurice Banks, American, born 1902
Cecil T. McNair, American, 1904 - 1981
John Vincent, American, born ca. 1902
Cora Martin, American
Willie Wilson, American, born ca. 1901
Date
ca. 1913
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 3 9/16 × 5 5/8 × 1/16 in. (9 × 14.3 × 0.2 cm)
Type
gelatin silver prints
portraits
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