Name/Title
Mechanicsville High School Class of 1927Entry/Object ID
2026.002.0030Scope and Content
1 diamond shaped pin, 1/4" on a side, with dark blue background enameling with gold MHS [Mechanicsville High School] in the enameling. On the back of the pin was stamped "Folger, NY." The initials M R B are etched just above the location of manufacture, There is a very tiny hallmark just below. There is a very small pin on the back. A 1 1/2" very fine gold chain connects to another tiny, 1/4" on each side, pin that is the numerals "27," the year of the graduating class. It also has an impossibly tiny pin on the back.
6 1/4"h x 4 1/4"w sepia tone photograph in a paper folder of four young women, the entire class of Mechanicsville High School in 1927. It was a commercial photograph, but the photographer is not identified. The cover of the folder is detached, but present. The matte is detached, but present. In dark blue fountain pen in the lower right corner of the matte is written, "Senior Class M. H. S. 27." Two women are seated in folding chairs and the other two women are standing directly behind them. They were all wearing cardigan sweaters of one style or another. None of them was smiling. Rosalie Rollins is standing left, Rosalie Burroughs is standing right, Dorothy Herbert is seated left, and Lillian Davis is seated right. A square of paper cut from a greeting card has a name and location key to the photo.
1 7"h x 4 3/4"w single fold program for the commencement ceremony at Mechanicsville High School on June 16, 1927.
1 6 1/2"h x 5 1/8"w single fold invitation to the commencement ceremonyCollection
Miscellaneous Documents CollectionLocation
Container
Miscellaneous Documents Box 1Shelf
Rack 17, Shelf 3Rack
Rack 17Wall
North wallRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Mary Rosalie Burroughs Edelen