Photographs of the cotton trade and other activities in Paris, Texas, including views of the ruins after a fire, a mill and the mill workers, a pair of "leopard cats" (bobcats) on display in a cage in Paris, and a cotton harvesting and weighing at an ...
Description:
Advertisement on verso of some mounts for Simon and Aller, American Viewers. Manuscript captions on verso of all mounts.
Photograph album with photographs taken by an unidentified photographer of students and teachers at Gibbons High School in Paris, Texas, circa 1915-1919. Depicted are African-American men and women--most of whom are identified--posing alone or in grou...
Description:
Gibbons (initially known as the Provine Street Colored School), a school for African-American students, was established in Paris, Texas, in 1884. The building burned down circa 1914 and was rebuilt before 1916 March. The school, which included an elem...
Subject (Geographic):
Texas, Texas., and Paris (Tex.)
Subject (Name):
Gibbons High School (Paris, Tex.)
Subject (Topic):
African American students, African American teachers, African Americans, High school students, High school teachers, and Segregation
