1951-05

1 photograph : negative, black & white

Miss Davis' first grade class from Oakhurst School in Charlotte pose at the Gastonia train station. A train employee, another woman, and a man in a sports jacket stand to the right of the photograph, under a Southern Railway sign. A sign labeled "White People" shows that this is a segregated train station.

William Hoke Sumner papers

Photographic materials

Negatives

This collection consists of photographic prints and negatives documenting the work of William Hoke Sumner, a photographer active in the Charlotte area. Images in the collection represent businesses, news and sports events, visiting celebrities, weddings, social gatherings, and individuals.

Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

black-and-white negatives
group portraits

eng

Railroad stations
School children
School field trips
Segregation in transportation
Boys
Girls

North Carolina--Gastonia

William Hoke Sumner papers

Manuscripts--10th Floor, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Manuscript 138

Volume 5, book 1

https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/148

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sumnwil-ms138-20501-027b

2013