Barbee School, 1914

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Title

Barbee School, 1914

Subject

Schools

Description

The Barbee School, which taught from first to seventh grade, was located near Samantha in northern Tuscaloosa County from about 1907 to the early 1940s. After students completed the seventh grade, they were awarded diplomas and encouraged to continue their education. However, students who lived in the rural communities had farm and home responsibilities and transportation was mule or horse and buggy. The photo shows students for the 1913-1914 school year. The teacher, Annis Estelle Griffin, is on the back row in the white shirt. To her right is Carl Harris. To Harris' right may be Paul Howell. Floy Maddox and Florence Cabaniss also graduated this year, but are not identified in the photo. Harris, Maddox and Cabaniss were three of the 43 students in Tuscaloosa County to graduate from seventh grade. There were no public high schools at the time. Gorgas High School was the first, founded in 1918.

Source

John T. Harris

Date

1914

Contributor

Betty Slowe (Description)

Type

Photograph

Identifier

681

Coverage

Tuscaloosa County (AL)

Original Format

Photograph

Physical Dimensions

8 inches by 10 inches