Anderson High School [building exterior and students]

Photograph of a group of students outside the entrance to Anderson High School. In the mixture of boys and girls, most students are exiting the building after school, while a few stand and talk to each other. One girl sits on the wall and reads from a notebook. The girls all wear long skirts, blouses, white socks and black shoes. The boys wears slacks and shirts, and one wears a jacket.
Date: March 1, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

St. John's Nursery

Photograph of a group of about 50 African-American children posing in front of a white-washed adobe building. The boys in the center hold a sign that says "St. John / Nursery". The girls all wear dresses and the boys wear shirts and slacks. Some boys also wear suspenders and bow ties. The building has a central door, windows on either side of the door with floral curtains visible, and vents above each window. A wood picket fence is visible in the foreground.
Date: 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Anderson High School

Photograph of girls dancing in a gym at Anderson High School. The women are all wearing uniforms.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Anderson High School Students With the Homemakers Shield]

Photograph of four Anderson High School students with the New Homemakers of America Shield. They are all wearing light-colored clothing.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Anderson High School Cheerleaders Standing on Bleachers]

Photograph of Anderson High School cheerleaders posing on school bleachers. They are all wearing their uniforms, and are organized in nine rows.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Anderson High School Pep Squad Stands on a Stage]

Photograph of a group of 11 students from the Anderson High School Pep Squad standing on a stage. They are all wearing a dark-colored top, but half of them are wearing dark-colored skirts, and the other half are wearing light-colored skirts.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Anderson High School Student Playing Football]

Photograph of Anderson High students playing football. One of them is looking through his legs, and wearing the number 57, one of them is on their knees wearing the number 16, and one of them is wearing number 14 and kicking the ball. They are all in the middle of a football field, with a hill in the background.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Anderson High School Y-Teens Club Stands Outside Their School]

Photograph of Anderson High School Y-Teens Club standing outside their school. They are all standing around the Y-Teens logo
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Coaches in Letterman's Jackets]

Photograph of William Pigford, Raymond Timmons, Jack McDonald, and Lawrence Britton standing in a field. All four of the men are wearing Letterman's jackets with the word "Coach" on it.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[An Anderson High School Choir]

Photograph of an Anderson High School choir singing. They are standing in two rows on risers. The front row is all women in light-colored dress, and the back row is all men in dark-colored suits.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Women Sit at a Desk]

Photograph of three students sitting with a principal at Anderson High School. All four women are wearing dark-colored dresses. There are pamphlets on the desk, and a nameplate that reads, "Mrs. M. Yerwood Thompson."
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History