Guide to the Payne Family Photographs 1902-1911 MG 1602
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 1902-1911 52 Park Place Newark, New Jersey 07102 Contact: NJHS Library Phone: (973) 596-8500 x249 Email: library@jerseyhistory.org URL: https://www.jerseyhistory.org © 2004 All rights reserved. The New Jersey Historical Society, Publisher Inventory prepared by Michael Roth. Finding aid encoded by Julia Telonidis. Octoer 2004. Production of the EAD 2002 version of this finding aid was made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Finding aid written in English. Biographical NoteCharles and Florence Payne both attended the Elliot Street School in Newark during the early twentieth century. The school itself was originally built in 1871 and was renovated in 1921. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThe collection contains nine photographs of school children posing for their class portraits at the Elliot Street School. The photographs follow the academic career of Charles and Florence Payne, although neither is identified in the images. Many of the class portraits are taken inside the classroom, but some are taken outdoors by the school building. The portraits also feature the African-American classmates of the Paynes. The collection contains, too, a program for the June of 1905 Graduating Exercises of Elliot Street School students including Charles Payne, as well as a button commemorating an event that took place at the school in December of 1906. Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationThis collection should be cited as: Manuscript Group 1602, Elliot Street School Collection, The New Jersey Historical Society. Acquisition InformationDonated by Rita Sawyer to the New Jersey Historical Society in June 2003. Return to the Table of Contents Container List
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