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[Lone Star School]

Description: Photograph of several men, women, and children standing in front of the Lone Star School. There are two horse drawn carriages visible in the photograph. Typed on the back of the photograph is, "The Lone Star school, located midway between the towns of Claude and Panhandle, is reputed to have been the first established on the 'high plains' of Texas. This picture was made in 1894. Miss Cappie Potts was teacher. (Star-Telegram Feature story on this school published Sunday, April 5, 1936)."
Date: unknown
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Goodnight boys dormitory1905-06

Description: Photograph of male students of Goodnight College in Goodnight, Texas in front of the boy's dormitory. Students of various ages stand in a loose row, with several seated on the ground in front and a small group further back, before an open door. Several others appear in the five windows of the building's second story. The dormitory is a two-story wood frame building built in an "L" shape. Two of the students, Earl Paine and Bill Hill, are identified on the image.
Date: 1905~
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Wayside, Tex.

Description: Photograph of the Wayside School at Wayside, Texas. A group of students and teachers are posed in the front of the school. The building is built from textured concrete blocks. It has a hip roof with a deck surrounded by a low railing. The entryway is covered, the roof supported by two square columns. On the reverse of the photograph is written, "Wayside - $3000 concrete block, 20 miles from R.R.; 30 miles from Courthouse. Most interested in Farm Demonstration & Community Welfare Club work."
Date: March 5, 1914
Creator: Carr, S. C.
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Goodnight College students]

Description: Photograph of students posed in front of the Goodnight College girl's domritory. Students stand in a long line behind a picket fence, on the second floor balcony of the building behind them, and on the stairs leading to the balcony. Most of the students are women, and many of them are wearing mortarboards. The dormitory is a four-story wood frame building with dormer windows on the third floor and gables on the fourth. Five ladders lead from the second floor balcony to windows on the floor abo… more
Date: 1906~
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Lakeview School, Armstrong Co., Tex., 3-5-14

Description: Photograph of a small group of adults and children posed in front of the Lakeview School in Armstrong County, Texas. The wooden frame school building has a pitched roof and a double-door entryway flanked by windows. Projecting from each side of this section of the building are wings. The people stand in a loose group in the entryway, with others seated on the step and on the ground. A note on the reverse reads, "Lakeview - nine miles from town - A two-teacher school which is the centre of neig… more
Date: March 5, 1914
Creator: Carr
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Worthy School, Claude, Texas]

Description: Photograph of nine female and six male students of various ages in front of the Worthy School in Claude, Texas. The schoolhouse is a square frame building with three windows in one wall and two doors in an adjacent wall. The boys that are seated in front hold a sign which reads "Worthy School, Oct. 17-1912, Claude, Tex. The teacher stands at the center of the group.
Date: October 17, 1912
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Llano School

Description: Photograph of Llano community school in Armstrong County, Texas. The school is a large square wood frame building with a covered entryway. A small outbuilding is nearby and displays a sign that reads "Llano School, District No. 5." An automobile is parked between the school and the outbuilding and another vehicle is visible on the other side of the outbuilding. A small group of men stand near the side of the school building. On the back of the photograph is written, "Picture property of Laura … more
Date: 191X
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Last Day at Washburn School]

Description: Photograph of faculty (far left) and students posing, standing and sitting in several rows, in front of the Washburn School, a two-story brick building, on the last day of classes; the boys are wearing dark suits and ties and the girls are wearing light-colored dresses and many have bows in their hair.
Date: April 20, 1917
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Washburn School House]

Description: Photograph of a Fourth of July celebration at Washburn, Texas, a town consisting of a 2-story brick school house and several smaller homes, with many horse-drawn carriages and people in the foreground, and more people, horses, and plains in the background.
Date: July 4, 1913
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Washburn schoolroom]

Description: Photograph of a schoolroom in Washburn, Texas, taken on the last day of school. Viewed from the front, the room contains rows of benches. Composition books and other schoolwork are hung on the walls of the room.
Date: April 20, 1917
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
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