Photographer

Edward H. Peeples

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Date of Photograph

1962-1963

Description

Originally Robert R. Moton High School for African Americans on U.S. Route 15, southside of Farmville, Prince Edward County, Va. Known as Mary E. Branch Elementary School #2 at the time photos were taken. The current site of the Robert Russa Moton Museum.

Name of School

Mary E. Branch Elementary School #2

Other School Name

Robert R. Moton High School (Farmville)

Type of School

high schools; elementary schools

Demographic Served

African Americans

Name of Building

Robert Russa Moton Museum

Corporate Name Subject

Mary E. Branch Elementary School No. 2 (Farmville, Va.); R. R. Moton High School (Farmville, Va.)

Topical Subject

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

Geographic Subject

Farmville (Va.)

City/Location

Farmville (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

pec013.jpg

Source

Robert R. Moton High School, Farmville, Va., 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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