Bruton Heights School Chorus
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Bruton Heights School (Williamsburg, VA.)
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African American musicians - Virginia - Williamsburg
Bruton Heights School Chorus, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1950's.
Durant, Albert W
Circa 1950
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Bruton Heights School Homecoming Court
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Members of the Bruton Heights School Homecoming Court pose after being crowned, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1950's. Identified as (L) Barbara Hopson, (R) Anne Washington, and seated unidentified.
Durant, Albert W
Circa 1950's
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Bruton Heights Homecoming Queen and Family
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A Bruton Heights School Homecoming Queen poses with her family, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1950's.
Durant, Albert W
Circa 1950's
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Bruton Heights School's Homecoming Court
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Members of the Bruton Heights School Homecoming Court pose on a stand with the school in the background. Pictured are, left to right: Margie Payne, Eva Bouie, Joyce O'Neill, Julia Sheppard, and Gloria Roberts.
Durant, Albert W
Circa 1950's
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Bruton Heights School Homecoming Parade
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Bruton Heights School Homecoming Parade on Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1950's. The automobiles are passing through Merchants Square. Schmidt Appliances is visible in the background.
Durant, Albert W
Circa 1950's
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Bruton Heights School Faculty
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Bruton Heights School Faculty, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1950's. Identified front row (L to R) as Hattie Sasser, unidentified, Madeline Gee, Mildred Redcross, remaining 3 unidentified. Identified Back Row (L to R) as first 5 unidentified Mr. Parkier, Alleyne Blayton, Thomas Layton.
Durant, Albert W
Circa 1950's
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Bruton Heights School Homecoming Parade
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Bruton Heights School Homecoming Parade, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1950's. Cora Roberts is settled on car hood and Marion Ashby (who later won the Rockefeller Scholarship) is seated in the car.
Durant, Albert W
Circa 1950's
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Bruton Heights Graduates
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African American graduates of Bruton Heights School posed outside the building, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1950's.
Durant, Albert W
Circa 1950's
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Couples Dancing at Bruton Heights USO
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United Service Organizations (U.S.)
Bruton Heights School (Williamsburg, Va.)
Couples dancing at the Bruton Heights USO, a segregated recreational facility for African American soldiers located in Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1943.
Durant, Albert W
Circa 1950's
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Myrtle Churchill as Prom Queen
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Proms
Bruton Heights Prom Queen, Myrtle Churchill, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1953.
Durant, Albert W
1953
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Fellowship Dinner
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A Fellowship dinner held in the Bruton Heights School cafeteria, Williamsburg, Virginia, December 1953.
Durant, Albert W
121953
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Home Economics Class Practice Dinner
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Bruton Heights Home Economics Building (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 33-1. Building 05B.
Parents, faculty, and students at a practice dinner given by a Bruton Heights Home Economics class. Included in the photo (l to r) are Mr. James Payne, Mr. & Mrs. Ashby (3rd and 4th), Lucy Ashby , Barbara Wynn & her mother, Alice Stanback, Viola Pressey (and perhaps her mother), and D. J. Montague, principal of Bruton Heights School (at end), Circa 1950's;
Durant, Albert W,
Circa 1950's
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Home Economics Class at Bruton Heights School
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Bruton Heights School (Williamsburg, Va.)
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Girls' home economics class at Bruton Heights School, Williamsburg, Va., circa 1950s.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950s
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Agricultural Class at Bruton Heights School
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Boys' agricultural class at Bruton Heights School, Williamsburg, Va., 1951.
Durant, Albert W.
1951
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Homecoming Court, Bruton Heights School
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Bruton Heights School (Williamsburg, Va.)
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Homecoming Court, Bruton Heights School, Williamsburg, Va., circa 1950s. From left to right: (1) Marjorie Payne Kyle; (2) Eva Buie Roberts; (3) Joyce O’Neill; (4) unidentified; (5) Gloria Roberts Lee. Bruton Heights School is visible in the background.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950s
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Homecoming Parade, Bruton Heights School
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Duke of Gloucester Street (Williamsburg, Va.)
Merchants Square (Williamsburg, Va.)
Bruton Heights School homecoming parade along Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Va., circa 1950s.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950s
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Dental Clinic
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Dr. Frederick Peagler working on a patient, Carrie Norcum, at a dental clinic at Bruton Heights School, circa 1950s.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950s
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Leonard Jones's Seventh Birthday Party
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Leonard Jones's seventh birthday party. Attendees are pictured in an art classrooom at Bruton Heights School, August 1953. Two adult women identified as Mrs. Jones and Ms. Baker. Children in bottom row identified (L to R) as Dianne Moore Gilbert, William Casselle, Ann Wallace, Lacannes Casselle. Top row identified (L to R) as Lavin Reed, Ramona Casselle, Judith Ashby, Beverly Wallace, Sylvia Mitchell, Jean, Cosell, Donald Moore.
Durant, Albert W.
August 1953
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Bruton Heights School Faculty
Bruton Heights School (Williamsburg, VA)
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Bruton Heights School faculty, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1950's. Identified in front row (L to R) as unidentified, Ms. Clara Baker, Gene Brinkley Blair, Oreilia Moody, Myrtle Hill, Donald S Montague, Mildred Redcross, unidentified, Carlitha Ransom, unidentified, unidentified, Hattie Sasser. Identified in second row (L to R) as unidentified, unidentified, Mrs. Ethel Bowman, unidentified, unidentified, Mrs. Ruffin, Miss Pope, Miss Scott, Thomas Fallen, unidentified. Identified in third row (L to R) as first six unidentified, Coach Page, Mrs. Rico, Mr. Bowman, unidentified
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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Football Players with Homecoming Court
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Bruton Heights School Homecoming football game, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1950's, Left to right: Calvin Taylor, Joyce Neal, William Lewis, & Barbara Jordan.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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