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Group of young schoolchildren, Plainville or Southington

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Group of young boys and girls pose on the steps of a wooden building painted in contrasting Victorian colors. Two of the boys are African American. The woman at the upper right, wearing a floral corsage, is presumably the teacher.
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Connecticut Historical Society

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Connecticut Digital Archive

Keywords

  1. African American Children
  2. African Americans
  3. School Children
  4. Schools
  5. Teachers

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