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T.J. Elder High and Industrial School

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Photograph of the exterior of the T. J. Elder High and Industrial School in Sandersville, Georgia. This single-story brick building has two sections connected by a center horizontal section. Stairs lead to a covered entrance in the center. This is one of the few Rosenwald school buildings known to have survived in Georgia. The Julius Rosenwald Fund supported the construction of 242 vocational schools for African American children in the state from 1912 to 1932.
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