Related Records

1. Commercial Club - Commercial Club opening, Mount Airy, around 1905. A note on the back says "over Times Office?"

   Clubs

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Miss Bess Merritt's Class - 1910 newspaper copy of Miss Bess Merritt's class at Rockford Street School, Mount Airy. The caption at the bottom of the picture reads, "MANY GRANITE CITIANS (sic), prominent in the business and professional life of Mount Airy and this area, are shown in a 1910 picture of students at Rockford Street School, Bob Watson's latest photo reproduction for the TIMES. The class was taught by Miss Bess Merritt, one of this section's best known and respected educators." First row: Margaret Taylor, Miss Merritt, Allie Marshall, (unknown), Carrie Jones, Alma Caudle, Vera Thompson, Alice Jones. Second row: Vera Davis, Thelma Saunders, Margaret Gentry, Alice Hale, Kate Mitchell, Lessie Smith, Ethel Cox, Guilda Parks, Lois Haymore, Carrie O'Neal. Third row: Haywood Merritt, Herman Davis, (unknown), Jesse Hogan, Clyde Hooker William McCargo, Thomas Ashby, Penn Marshall, Herbert Jefferies, Fred Folger, Collier Sparger. (Source, John W. Prather)

   Students Teachers Education

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Mount Airy Students, 1910 - Mount Airy students, school year 1910-1911. Fourth grade, Rockford Street School. Names of students are on the back of the picture, and have been scanned to aid in identification. Note at bottom of picture reads: "This 1910 group of Mount Airy students contains now prominent citizens."

   Students

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Rockford Street School Students - Rockford Street School, Mount Airy, student body, 1910. Students are seated on wooden bleachers outside the school. Two names, Haywood Merritt and "Miss Bess" Merritt are listed on the back of the picture, but there are no other identifications.

   Students Teachers Schools

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Rockford Street School Students - Rockford Street School, Mount Airy, students. Students, who appear to be upperclassmen, are seated on steps outside the school. A few are tentatively identified on the back of the picture, and those names are copied.

   Students

   Record Type: Photo