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[Columbia Wiggins and students]

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Photograph of students at the Washburn, Texas school, posed against an exterior wall of the school. The students are standing, kneeling, and sitting in three rows, with Columbia Wiggins, the teacher, at the rear.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. April 20, 1917.

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Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum opened in 1933 to showcase the artifacts, art, and archives that document the history and culture of the Texas Panhandle and surrounding plains regions. The Museum is located at the West Texas A&M University campus in Canyon.

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Description

Photograph of students at the Washburn, Texas school, posed against an exterior wall of the school. The students are standing, kneeling, and sitting in three rows, with Columbia Wiggins, the teacher, at the rear.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.

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Kay Shuey Palm likely is the photographer.

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Kay Shuey Palm Photographs

The Kay Shuey Palm photograph collection consists of black-and-white negatives of people, places and events associated with the Armstrong County, Texas resident and her family and friends. They depict a range of farming and ranching activities, community events, family events, and other scenes in a rural west Texas community. Also included are vacation images recorded outside of Texas. Kay Shuey Palm (1885-1946) was born in Missouri and moved to the Texas Panhandle with her family in the early 1900s.

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  • April 20, 1917

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  • Jan. 18, 2024, 3:59 p.m.

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  • May 15, 2024, 10:29 a.m.

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[Columbia Wiggins and students], photograph, April 20, 1917; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1633487/: accessed May 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum.

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