Myerstown Black School, 1928

Name/Title

Myerstown Black School, 1928

Entry/Object ID

IMG1800

Description

Students at the Myerstown Black School in 1928. Teacher, Miss Annie Watkins, is in the back row center. First known school for African American students in Myerstown, it was built in 1875. No longer standing; was on the left, one mile west of Myerstown on the Myerstown-Rippon Road; closed in 1936. Photo courtesy of Jefferson County Black History Preservation Society, Images of America: African Americans of Jefferson County, pg. 50.

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.

Date made

1928

Place

* Untyped Place

Myerstown Colored School

Notes

Medium: Photographic Paper