- Collection:
- Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools
- Title:
- Peaks Elementary School, Prince Edward County, Va., classroom interior, 1962-1963
- Contributor to Resource:
- Peeples, Edward H. (Edward Harden), 1935-
James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives
VCU Libraries - Date of Original:
- 1962/1963
- Subject:
- Stoves
Classrooms
Elementary schools
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
Peaks Elementary School (Prince Edward County, Va.) - Location:
- United States, Virginia, Prince Edward County, 37.2243, -78.44108
- Medium:
- black-and-white negatives
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/tiff
- Description:
- Peaks Elementary School for African Americans, located on county road 626 in Prince Edward County, Va. View of interior of classroom with wood stove. The school was built in 1939, with a 1943 addition, and served grades 1-6 with a pupil capacity of 70. There was no indoor plumbing and no steam or hot water heat. At the time the photograph was taken, it was in very poor condition with peeling whitewash, two rooms with wood stoves and pipes, and outdoor privies in poor shape.
37.334038
-78.5786123
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.334038,%20-78.5786123
Peaks Elementary School
African Americans
elementary schools - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.library.vcu.edu/islandora/object/vcu%3A35971
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
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) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required. - Extent:
- 6 x 9 cm.
- Original Collection:
- Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools
- Contributing Institution:
- James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives
- Rights:
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