Copyright: 2018.8.71 Beshears Family, School class photo, c. 1920
Name/Title
Beshears Family: School Class Photo, c. 1920
Entry/Object ID
P2018.8.71
Description
Beshears Family: School Class Photo, c. 1920. Unidentified class photo of black students in six rows posed on school steps. Black older man in suit on front row left, and black woman teacher on second row right. Children are about age 13. Handwritten on back "6th & 7th. 22 14 (illegible). "E. Brackenbury, Home Photographer" embossed at right edge.
Made/Created
Artist
unknown
Studio
Unknown
Date made
1920
Place
Location
UNKNOWN
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Beshears Family
Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 6½" x 4¼"
Condition
Overall Condition
Poor
Maintenance
Maintenance History
Date
Feb 18, 2018
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Rufus P. Beshears
Provenance
Notes
Items found in basement of Brookdale East Apt. Complex, the first public housing project in St. Joseph, established through the efforts of activist, Kelsey Beshears. Her son, Jerry Cooper, lived in the complex even after Kelsey's death. Donated by member of local NAACP.
