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Old Bells Colored School (Abandoned)
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Front view of Old Bells School, a black school in Crockett County. At the time of the photograph, the school was abandoned.
Early 20th Century Schoolhouses

Williamson County Colored Teacher's Institute
Elementary school teaching; Schools; School children; Teaching; Public schools
Announcement for the annual Williamson County Teachers' Institute. The announcement lists the program and guest speakers for the program.
Reconstruction and the African-American Legacy in Tennessee

Old Matlock School
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Front view of Old Matlock School, a white school in Benton County. A child carrying a case (possibly a lunch pail) and a young man carrying his hat are posing in front of the dilapidated log school.
Early 20th Century Schoolhouses

Bucks Chapel Colored School
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Front view of Bucks Chapel School in Crockett County. This wooden building is constructed of unpainted horizontal boards. Two slender cut tree trunks support the front porch.
Early 20th Century Schoolhouses

War Creek School
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Front and side views of War Creek School, a white educational facility in Hancock County. The two-story, clapboard schoolhouse is topped with a steeple and set amid a stand of trees.
Early 20th Century Schoolhouses

Old Neophagen White School (Neophagen, Neophagon, Neophogan)
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Front view of Old Neophagen, a white school in Benton County. The frame structure is set in the midst of trees, with two men appearing on the right.
Early 20th Century Schoolhouses

"Keep Our White Schools White"
Broadsides; Segregation; Integration; Race relations; Discrimination
Broadside announcing an upcoming lecture on the desegregation of schools in Nashville.
Throwaway History - The Broadside in American Culture

Pines in front of the York Institute
Schools; Automobiles; Pines
Stand of pine trees in front of the York Agricultural Institute, showing the front of the school building and vehicles parked in the drive.
Alvin C. York

Aldehoff School during the Civil War
Military bands; Military uniforms; Musical instruments; Military occupations; Tents; Military camps; Boarding schools; Schools; Soldiers; Military officers
Federal officers, a regimental band with instruments, and several ladies pose in front of the two-story Aldehoff School. People can be seen in the windows of the building, and a tent appears in the right foreground of the dual-image stereograph...
Civil War Soldier Photographs

State Colored Teacher's Institute Program
Elementary school teaching; Teaching; Teachers
One page program for a State Teachers' Institute to be held at Fisk University. Topics for discussion as well as speakers are included on the program.
Reconstruction and the African-American Legacy in Tennessee

O.H. Bernard School
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Front and side views of a dark brick structure with windows on both sides and a columned front porch. A worn-down basketball court with two goalposts stands in the side yard.
Early 20th Century Schoolhouses

Nance Bend School
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
One-story white frame structure. A covered porch is on the left side of the building and an American flag flies next to it. A group of African American children stand outside; one has a baseball bat and another has a baseball glove. A school...
Early 20th Century Schoolhouses

Bartlett School
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Front and side views of Bartlett School in Hardeman County. The one-room clapboard structure served as an elementary school for African American children.
Early 20th Century Schoolhouses

Old Barker Colored School
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Front view of a two-story clapboard schoolhouse with one door partially opened and six windows on left side of the building.
Early 20th Century Schoolhouses

Old Hollow Rock Colored School
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee; African Americans - Tennessee
Front view of Old Hollow Rock Colored School showing students and adults standing in front of the old clapboard building. All of the females are wearing dresses, and the males appear to be in overalls. The building has a fully enclosed porch.
Early 20th Century Schoolhouses

Bells Consolidated Rosenwald School
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932; School buildings - Tennessee
Side view of Bells Consolidated Rosenwald School in Crockett County. The prim-looking white schoolhouse has multiple windows and is set in a withered cornfield.
Early 20th Century Schoolhouses

Mt. Zion Hebrew Colored Consolidated School
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Two entrances flanked by windows are visible in this front view of Mt. Zion Hebrew Colored School. Two white men wearing straw hats are standing in the front yard. In the distance are cattle and trees.
Early 20th Century Schoolhouses

Old Hall School (abandoned)
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Side view of Old Hall School shows a dilapidated wooden building made of vertical boards. A Ford Model A automobile is parked at the front porch, and the school appears to be abandoned.
Early 20th Century Schoolhouses

Rocky Hill School (abandoned)
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Front and side views of a clapboard building with steps to the front door. Exterior features include a steep pitched tin roof, four side windows, double door entrance and two chimneys.
Early 20th Century Schoolhouses

Old Long Branch White School
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Front and side views of a one-room schoolhouse built of vertical boards. There is one door at the front and three windows are pictured along the side of the building. Two men stand in the foreground.
Early 20th Century Schoolhouses

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