African American Girls Gather After School Near Sumner High School · WRSTL PLACE

Item sets: Digital Public History Class; African American Photos and Prints at the Missouri Historical Society; Sumner High School, St. Louis, Missouri; Historic Black Schools, Missouri and Illinois

Title: African American Girls Gather After School Near Sumner High School
Description: Horizontal, black and white photograph showing African-American girls gathering near Sumner High School. The girls appear to be upper elementary or middle-school aged. A large group of girls is walking along the sidewalk, while smaller groups can be seen walking ahead of the main group and standing in a small circle down an alley. Several wood-sided houses border the sidewalk, and Sumner High School can be seen in the background.
Creator: Holt, Charles Clement
Subject: The Ville; Sumner High School; African Americans; African American Students; Education History
Medium: UK
Format: Photograph
Date: 1917; COPYRIGHT UNDETERMINED
Source: Missouri Historical Society, Photos and Prints Department
Identifier: N25947