Photographer

Edward H. Peeples

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Date of Photograph

1962-1963

Description

Five Forks Elementary School for African Americans on secondary road 658 west of Five Forks, Prince Edward County, Va. View of privy. Built in 1918, the school (not in photo) served grades 1-5, and had a pupil capacity of 60. It consisted of two rooms, three wooden shacks and one privy. No indoor plumbing and no steam or hot water heat.

Name of School

Five Forks Elementary School

Type of School

elementary schools

Demographic Served

African Americans

Corporate Name Subject

Five Forks 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; Outhouses -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- Pictorial works

Geographic Subject

Prince Edward County (Va.)

City/Location

Five Forks (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

pec010b.jpg

Source

Five Forks Elementary School, Five Forks, Va., view of privy, 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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