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Date of Photograph
1962-1963
Description
Rice Elementary School for whites on secondary road 600 at 605 in Rice, Prince Edward County, Va. Built 1931, it served grades 1-7 and had a pupil capacity of 200. Handsome brick construction with eight rooms. It had indoor plumbing and had either steam or hot water heat. The two story frame building of solid construction with a tin roof (to the left of Rice Elementary building in the photograph) and in good condition at the time the photograph was taken may have been used as a shop or a cannery.
Name of School
Rice Elementary School
Type of School
elementary schools
Demographic Served
Whites
Corporate Name Subject
Rice Elementary School (Prince Edward County, Va.)
Topical Subject
Schools -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- History -- Pictorial works; 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.)
City/Location
Rice (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
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Rights
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Collection
Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools
File Name
pec016.jpg