[Rye Valley School 1886-1888]

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Photocopy of a group of students of varying ages posed on the porch of a wooden building. Several of the children sitting on a bench in the foremost row are barefoot and most are holding hats in their laps. Older students are standing to the right in the top row, most of them young women in long-sleeved, patterned dresses with their hair tied up in buns. A young man is standing to the left of the top row, wearing a dark suit.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 24 cm., on sheet 19 x 25 cm.

Creation Information

Creator: Unknown. [1886..1888].

Context

This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2017 and was provided by the Jennie Trent Dew Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 85 times, with 4 in the last month. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Description

Photocopy of a group of students of varying ages posed on the porch of a wooden building. Several of the children sitting on a bench in the foremost row are barefoot and most are holding hats in their laps. Older students are standing to the right in the top row, most of them young women in long-sleeved, patterned dresses with their hair tied up in buns. A young man is standing to the left of the top row, wearing a dark suit.

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 24 cm., on sheet 19 x 25 cm.

Notes

Attached label: "Rye Valley School About 1886-88 3rd from right Stewart L. Ledbetter's Mother. Teacher- George Atkinson, a cousin of Mrs. John Walton."

On back: "Rye Valley School", "Mae Featherston"

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Rescuing Texas History, 2017

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  • [1886..1888]

Added to The Portal to Texas History

  • March 14, 2019, 11:27 p.m.

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  • July 11, 2019, 3:33 p.m.

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[Rye Valley School 1886-1888], photograph, [1886..1888]; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1131503/: accessed May 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Jennie Trent Dew Library.

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