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Collection: School Days in 1943, by Philip Bonn
94 photos
Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Display of graduation presents a student received. This student also got thirty dollars in cash
Keysville, Virginia
Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Boy at the drinking fountain
Charlotte Court House, Virginia. Central High School. One of the teachers
Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Shop building where boys learn carpentry, welding, and repairing of farm machinery
Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Kitchen of cafeteria. Lunches cost about fifteen cents. Students don't have much money and they bring produce from farms and receive tickets
Keysville, Virginia. Repairing library books in preparation for close of school in summer. Randolph Henry High School
Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. The library. The state pays half of the cost of the library, the local school board pays one quarter and one quarter is raised by the school
Charlotte Court House, Virginia. Central High School. Library
Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Graduation exercises for 123 students
Charlotte Court House, Virginia. Central High School band every month or so marches up Main Street to give drills and concerts. Players must buy their own instruments and costumes and pay for their own lessons. Lessons are given during school hours
Charlotte Court House, Virginia. Central High School. Studying difference in cloth at home economics cottage and making a report on her findings
Randolph Henry High School. Keysville, Virginia. Girls talking and studying at the school entrance
Keysville, Virginia. One of the teachers in the school helping her brother, a pupil, with his studies. He and his brother run a garage at night. All teachers in the school are local
Keysville, Virginia
Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. One of the students studying at home
Keysville, Virginia. Graduation exercises which were held outside for 123 students
Randolph Henry High School. Keysville, Virginia. Girls' gym class
Keysville, Virginia. One of the seven schools which was consolidated to make the Randolph Henry High School. Now used as elementary school
Charlotte Court House, Virginia. Central High School. Sewing on the front porch of home economics cottage
Charlotte Court House, Virginia. Central High School. Mathematics class
Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Pupils watching ceremony of Victory Corps inignia awards
Keysville, Virginia. Watching the awarding of Victory Corps insignia