About 1920

A class, around 1920

A Haslet class and teacher, around 1920, in front of a building with a County Free Library sign. Six of the students have no shoes on.

Archive title

[County Free Library]

Archive description

Photograph of a rural class and teacher. There are 21 students and a teacher standing in front of a building. A sign on the building in the left background includes the words, "County Free Library." There are two visible windows and a set of doors in the background. Six students have no shoes on. Class names are as follows. Front row: Julia McNair, Reba Dot Kilpatrick, Billie Ann Kelly, D.L. Williams, Calvin Powell, Maxie Overstreet, Jack Fowler, Wayne Blevins. Second row: Lamoyne Shelton, Versie McKee, Guy Bell Jr., Coy Tucker, Pauline Stogsdill, Wanda Faye Ottinger, Wildin Elkins, Mamie Jewel Franks. Third row: J.B. Fowler, Charlie Stogsdill, Dewey Melear, Pauline Fowler, Joyce Hudnall. Fourth row: Mamie Ruth Willis, Teacher.

Era

Farm town

Credit

Courtesy of Haslet Public Library via The Portal to Texas History, UNT Libraries

Rights

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Cite as

[County Free Library], photo, 1920?; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91013/: accessed September 24, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Haslet Public Library.