- Title:
- Historic Schools Photograph Collection
- Date of Original:
- 1950/1959
- Subject:
- African American schools--Georgia
Schools--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- black and white negative
black and white print - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Historic Schools Photograph Collection contains approximately 1,800 images taken by the Georgia Department of Education in the 1950s. The images show Georgia primary and secondary public schools that were scheduled for demolition. The collection includes both white and African American schools from across the state.
The Georgia Department of Education undertook a building program in the 1950s in response to a 1947 survey which found that the State had too many small poorly built schools. The survey also found that general schoolhouse conditions were deplorable and that African American schools were in worse shape than the white schools. As a result, schools were consolidated, some new buildings constructed, and small or poorly built schools were demolished. Between 1942 and 1956, the total number of schools in Georgia dropped from 3,205 to 2,480.
These photographs are from Record Group 48-2-1. - Metadata URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/p17154coll9
- Additional Rights Information:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.; The Georgia Archives grants permission for a single-use of images for inclusion in a specific approved educational project. Contact repository re: reproduction and usage.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Courtesy, Georgia Archives, Small Print Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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