Vintage Photo

Colored School at Anthoston. 1916 September 13,  Census 27, enrollment 12, attendance 7. Teacher expects 19 to be enrolled after work is over. "Tobacco keeps them out and they are short of hands."... Location: Henderson County, Kentucky, Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940,  photographer.

Source: flickr | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington,D.C. 20540 USA

Vintage Photo

"Education 1930: Separate rooms shall be provided for the teaching of pupils of African descent, and when said rooms are so provided, such pupils may not be admitted to the school rooms occupied and used by pupils of Caucasian or other descent."

Reform Schools 1930: The children of white and colored races committed to the houses of reform shall be kept entirely separate from each other.

Source: tkminfo | nps.gov

Vintage Postcard

This postcard shows the living flag of school children in an early 1900s Decoration Day parade. The location is Sixth Street, west from Robert in St. Paul, Minnesota. The banner stretched across the street advertises St. Paul Horse Show, Lexington Park, June 23, 24, 25, 26.

 Source: postcardy-thepostcardexplorer