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Three young African-American children carrying schoolbooks ("Essentials of Everyday English") stand looking into the display window of the Market Street Branch Library in the YMI building in Asheville. The library branch, first called the "Colored Library," opened in 1927 on South Market Street. The name was changed to Market Street Branch of City Libraries in 1951. The branch moved to another part of the YMI building, facing Eagle Street, in 1959. That branch closed in 1966, following the desegregation of the library system in 1962. Window is stenciled: "Colored Public Library - Hrs 9-12, 2-6." The subject of the window display is China, with plants, dolls, newspapers, and books. The names of the children are (left to right) Spencer White, Frank Owens Jr., and Dorothy Owens. They were students at the Shiloh Elementary School in Asheville at the time this photo was taken.
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Children looking at the window display in the Asheville Colored Public Library
Date Created:
1948
Description:
Three young African-American children carrying schoolbooks ("Essentials of Everyday English") stand looking into the display window of the Market Street Branch Library in the YMI building in Asheville. The library branch, first called the "Colored Library," opened in 1927 on South Market Street. The name was changed to Market Street Branch of City Libraries in 1951. The branch moved to another part of the YMI building, facing Eagle Street, in 1959. That branch closed in 1966, following the desegregation of the library system in 1962. Window is stenciled: "Colored Public Library - Hrs 9-12, 2-6." The subject of the window display is China, with plants, dolls, newspapers, and books. The names of the children are (left to right) Spencer White, Frank Owens Jr., and Dorothy Owens. They were students at the Shiloh Elementary School in Asheville at the time this photo was taken.
Subjects:
Minorities--North Carolina African Americans and libraries Public libraries--North Carolina African Americans--North Carolina Children--North Carolina Central North Carolina Regional Library (historical)
Location:
Asheville, North Carolina
Source:
State Library of NC.
Source Identifier:
tts_BuncCoun_05.tif
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Image;StillImage
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image/jpeg
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"Children looking at the window display in the Asheville Colored Public Library", Black History Month Digital Collection, State Library of North Carolina
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