Bruce School, Houston, 1919, Class Portrait vases but the two sides now

but the two sides now seem pretty firmly joined

Of course the beehive symbolizes industry and teamwork and unity

Plus windmill

bit of scattered staining/smudging and a few small clean tears along the irregular edge

Bruce School, Houston, 1919, Class Portrait vases but the two sides nowA striking 1919 photo of the 3D (3rd grade, I assume) class "low and high" at the segregated Bruce School in Houston. The #5 Schleuter under the name of the school is not the address, but rather I believe the name of the photographer, Frank Schleuter, a prominent commercial photographer of the era. [More that is relevant to his photographs of students and teachers at African American educational institutions in Houston here.] Founded from what I have