vrc_pec_90 90 pec vrc yes Felden Elementary School, Prince Edward County, Va., center front classroom, 1962-1963 Peeples, Edward H. (Edward Harden), 1935- Felden Elementary School (Prince Edward County, Va.) 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 Stoves--Virginia--Prince Edward County Classrooms--Virginia--Prince Edward County Schools--Furniture, equipment, etc. Discrimination in education--Virginia--Prince Edward County Segregation in education--Virginia--Prince Edward County Felden Elementary School elementary schools African Americans Felden Elementary School for African Americans on secondary road 647 (formerly 677), off of Farmville Rd., in Prince Edward County, Va. Center-front classroom interior with view of space heater. A three-room schoolhouse, it was built in 1912. It served grades 1-5 and had a pupil capacity of 90. There was no indoor plumbing and no steam or hot water heat. At the time the photograph was taken, it was weather beaten and the door was battered open. Cattle, mules, horses, a goat and a peach orchard were in fields nearby. 37.1932079,-78.4291616 Local identifier: pec029k.tif Richmond, Va. : VCU Libraries VCU Libraries. JBC Special Collections Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools Project (VCU Libraries) Black-and-white photographs http://dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/pec,90 Black and white negative 6 x 9 cm. image/tiff Scanned with Epson Expression 10000 XL, using Photoshop CS4, at 8-bit grayscale, 1200 ppi. Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools 1962/1963 Prince Edward County (Va.) http://www.library.vcu.edu/copyright.html 20111003 113447