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Title |
Miss Bess Merritt's Class |
Description |
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) |
Subjects |
Students Teachers Education |
People |
Taylor, Margaret Merritt, Miss Bess Marshall, Allie Jones, Carrie Caudle, Alma Thompson, Vera Jones, Alice Davis, Vera Saunders, Thelma Gentry, Margaret Hale, Alice Mitchell, Kate Smith, Lessie Cox, Ethel Parks, Guilda Haymore, Lois O'Neal, Carrie Merritt, Haywood Davis, Herman Hogan, Jesse Hooker, Clyde McCargo, William Ashby, Thomas Marshall, Penn Jefferies, Herbert Folger, Fred Sparger, Collier. |
Search Terms |
Mount Airy Rockford Street School |
Classification |
Education |
Date |
1910 |
Collection |
Crowell Collection |
Condition |
Fair |
Print size |
9.5" x 7.5" |
Catalog Number |
2004.1.0010 |
Provenance |
This item was part of the personal collection of retired Surry County teacher Virginia Crowell, who donated it to the Surry County Historical Society in 2004. |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Surry County Historical Society |