John Leslie Carpenter transporting students to Center Township High School

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2018.5.93

Description

John Leslie Carpenter's "road wagon" was used to take the young ladies of the neighborhood into Rogersville to attend Center Township High School, which was the closest one to their homes in Greene County, Pennsylvania. Original, candid.

Collection

Sellers Burdette and Bettie (Blake) Carpenter Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1920

Lexicon

Search Terms

Carpenter family, Carriages & coaches, Center (Greene County, Pa. : Township)--Schools, Rogersville (Pa.)--Schools, Unidentified--People

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

CARP-AN005-0022

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Carpenter, John Leslie [1877-1968]

Web Links and URLs

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Carpenter Series - Sellers Burdette and Bettie (Blake) Carpenter Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2013

Notes

The Sellers Burdette and Bettie (Blake) Carpenter Collection was in large part passed from Capt. John Scott [1815-1894] and his wife, Charlotte (Mason) Scott [1817-1901], to their daughter Elizabeth Jane (Scott) Carpenter [1849-1931] and her husband, Asa Sellers Carpenter [1853-1926], to their son John Leslie Carpenter and his wife, Velma (Meek) Carpenter, to their son Sellers Burdette Carpenter and his wife, Bettie (Blake) Carpenter, whose heirs shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2013. SOURCE CITATION: John Leslie Carpenter [1877-1968] transporting students to Center Township High School in Rogersville, Greene County, Pennsylvania; circa 1920; item no. CARP-AN005-0022, Sellers Burdette and Bettie (Blake) Carpenter Collection, shared by their heirs; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).