May Day at Eagle Avenue School

Name/Title

May Day at Eagle Avenue School

Entry/Object ID

IMG1799

Description

May Day celebration at Eagle Avenue School, an African American school. Probably taken at the second Eagle Avenue School in the 1950s. The school closed at the end of the 1966 school year; on September 24, 1966, it was destroyed by fire.

Acquisition

Accession

317

Source or Donor

Jefferson County Black History Perservation Society

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

NB: No deeds of gift on file for items donated before 2011.

Made/Created

Artist

Fitzpatrick, Edwin A.

Place

* Untyped Place

Eagle Avenue School

Notes

Date: 1950s circa Medium: Photographic Paper