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This is a photo of the Class of 1899, Virginia School, District #33, Monticello Township, Johnson County, Kansas. The school was opened around 1865 and was probably named for the wife of Isaac Parrish, who was the leader of the Virginia Town Company. The last class held at this school was in 1962. Those in the picture are Miss Matty Hoy (teacher), Joe Curry, Alvin Hodges, Alice Hodges, Ernest Brokaw, Ethel Daniel, Lena Woodward, Florida Brokaw, Charles Hodges, Harry Wagner, Milton Wagner, Joe Moffitt, David Hodges, John Wagner, Clyde Moffitt, Hattie Mize, Gertie Coker, Ola Brokaw, unidentified Brokaw, and Earl Frisbie. The photo was taken by Roy Compton.
Creator: Compton, Roy
Date: 1899
Item Number: 217696
Call Number: 1990/129
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 217696
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1890s - 1899
Education - Rural
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Children
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Monticello
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Type of Material - Photographs
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