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Photograph

 Item — Folder: 1, Item: 1

Scope and Contents

From the File:

This small collection consists of 2 photographs of students on the porch of a one room schoolhouse in Cataula in Harris County, Georgia. The teacher is the same person in each photo. Identified in the 1910 photograph is Frank Pope Speight, the grandfather of the donor Greg Waldrep. Frank is also in the 1908 photograph, as is his sister Berta, top right back row. Berta was born in 1892. The exact location of the school is unknown but is believed to be in Cataula, off of Rt 27 to the right in 315. Greg Waldrep said there was a rock wall around the school believed to be built by Frank Speight as a punishment. Frank ,in the 1908 photo, is above the boy with the white tie on front row.

Dates

  • Creation: c.1900s

Full Extent

From the File: 2 photographic prints

Language of Materials

From the File: English

Repository Details

Part of the Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

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Columbus Georgia 31907 United States