Photographer

Edward H. Peeples

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Date of Photograph

1962-1963

Description

First Rock Elementary School for African Americans on U.S. route 460 in Prince Edward County, Va. View of main building as seen from the highway. Building appeared to be newly painted gray on the front while the paint on the sides was chipping and decaying. The main building was used for grades 1, 4-5, had a pupil capacity of 120 and was built in 1939. "Temporary" tar paper classroom building to the left was used for grades 2-3. This was a frame building covered with roofing paper built in 1949 and had a pupil capacity of 40. The building had no windows. Privy can be seen in the background. The structures that made up First Rock had no steam or hot water heat and no indoor plumbing.

Name of School

First Rock Elementary School

Type of School

elementary schools

Demographic Served

African Americans

Corporate Name Subject

First Rock Elementary School (Prince Edward County, Va.)

Topical Subject

Schools -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- History -- Pictorial works; African American schools -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- History -- Pictorial works; Elementary schools -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- History -- Pictorial works; African American elementary schools -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- History -- Pictorial works; Public schools -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- History -- Pictorial works; School buildings -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- History -- Pictorial works

Geographic Subject

Prince Edward County (Va.)

County

Prince Edward County (Va.)

Original Image Medium

Black and white negative

Original Image Size

6 x 9 cm.

Genre

photographs

Local Genre

photograph

Type

Still Image

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

Rights

This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.

Collection

Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools

File Name

pec004.jpg

Source

First Rock Elementary School, Prince Edward County, Va., main building, 1962-1963, Edward H. Peeples, Jr. papers, M 68 and M 342, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.

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