[Students In Front of School]

Photograph of Lower Valley School students sitting on the steps of the school, possibly in May of 1950 in preparation for the end of school play. In the back row, from left to right, are Vernell Schmoekel, Mr. Watts, Francis Stapper, Marlene Schmoekel, Harvey Siler, Robert Rankin, Rankin (first name not given) and Roland Mueller. In the front row are Marilyn Friesenhahn, Niomi Faye Snoddy, Verna Lee Gerth, Sylvia Katt, Margie Katt, Dorothy Katt, Cleven Englehardt, Oliver Grobe, Jr. and Alfred Siler, Jr.
Date: 1950-05?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[End Of School Year Play]

Photograph of Lower Valley School students in costume for an end of year school play. They are posing on the porch of the teacherage building.
Date: May 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[End Of School Year Play]

Photograph of Lower Valley Students in costume for a school play. In the back row, from left to right, are Naomi Faye Snoddy, Mr. Watts, Dorothy Katt, Jerome Seiler, Frances Stapper and Floyd Mueller. In the front row are Alfred Seiler, Jr., Sylvia Katt, Margie Katt and Gloria Seiler. They are on the porch of the teacherage building, which was used as a stage.
Date: May 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lower Valley School Baseball Team]

Photograph of the Lower Valley School baseball team posing outside the school building in front of two automobiles. In the back row are Alfred Siler, Jr., Oliver Grobe, Jr., Roland Mueller, Dorothy Katt, Frances Stapper, Marlene Schmoekel, Naomi Faye Snoddy and Vernell Schmoekel. In the front row are an unknown boy, Harvey Siler, Margie Katt, Sylvia Katt and Verna Lee Gerth. To the right, at the door to the building with her back to the camera, is Mrs. Watts.
Date: May 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[End Of School Year Play]

Photograph of six Lower Valley School students in costume for a school play. They are all girls and are wearing layered dresses. They each hold stick horses. They are standing on the porch of the teacherage building, which was used as a stage.
Date: May 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[End Of Year Play]

Photograph of eight young girls in an end of year school play on the porch of the teacherage building. The girls are wearing crepe paper dresses and are holding flower signs. Each sign has a letter on it, and together they spell, "Vacation."
Date: May 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Girl on Elephant]

Photograph of Viola Katt sitting on a prop elephant for a school play. She is wearing a layered dress and paper crown. A young boy is standing to the right. Behind them is the teacherage building.
Date: May 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[End Of School Year Play]

Photograph of Lower Valley School students sitting on the porch of the teacherage building before or after rehearsal for a school play. In the back row, from left to right, are Leroy Schmoekel, Jerome Seiler, Noland Behrens, Floyd Mueller and Mr. Watts. In the front row are Theresa Mueller, Betty Jonietz, Gloria Seiler, Dorothy Katt, Frances Stapper, Melba Katt and Ruth Stapper.
Date: May 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[School Play]

Photograph of Lower Valley School students on stage and in costume for a school play. From the left, the second person is Frances Stapper (Rheinlander), the third is Gloria Seiler, the sixth is Naomi Faye Snoddy (Blacklock) and the ninth is Dorothy Attkisson.
Date: May 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Girl at Lower Valley School]

Photograph of a young girl on the porch of the teacherage building. She is barefoot and wearing a layered dress. She is wearing a crown.
Date: May 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Elementary Class Play]

Photograph of the younger class of Lower Valley School in costume for a school play. The children are posed behind large umbrellas. They are on the porch of the teacherage building, which was used as a stage.
Date: May 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lower Valley School Students]

Photograph of eleven Lower Valley School students in front of the school building. The students are posed in two rows. Five women sit in the front row on the lawn of building and four men and two women stand in the back row.
Date: May 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Students Playing Volleyball]

Photograph of several Lower Valley School students playing volleyball outdoors. The students are wearing numbered shirts. Because the school had no gym, sports were played year round. The teams would be picked on Mondays and would play together for the week.
Date: May 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lower Valley School Class Photograph]

Photograph of the Lower Valley School students posing for a class picture. They are arranged in three rows with the teacher and girls seated on a bench in the middle row and the boys standing behind or sitting on the ground in the front. They are posed outside, in front of a building. The young girl with the dark curls, sitting next to the teacher (center of the photograph) is identified as Laura Kopplin.
Date: May 20, 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Souvenir At Close of School (open access)

Souvenir At Close of School

Booklet containing poems (including "Bring Back My School Days to Me") and two pages noting the school, teacher, school officers, and pupils. Souvenir is from "Lower Valley School, District No. 33, Cibolo, Guadalupe County, Texas, May 20, 1921."
Date: May 20, 1921
Creator: Lower Valley School
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[End of School Play]

Photograph of students posing outside the teacherage building at Lower Valley School during the end-of-school play. The back porch of this building was used as a stage. In the top row are Mrs. Watts, Naomi Faye Snoddy, Viola May Katt, Roland Mueller, Cleven Englehardt and Harvey Seiler. Kneeling are unknown, unknown, Vernell Schmoekel, Frias (fist name not given) and Andrew Friesenhahn. Sitting are unknown, Linda Carr, unknown, Steve Carr and Clayton Stolte.
Date: May 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Promotion] (open access)

[Certificate of Promotion]

Certificate of Promotion presented to Dorothy Anna Katt for promotion from elementary school to high school. There is a gold, metallic sticker in the upper right corner. The certificate is signed by Lower Valley School teachers Maxine and Lutrell Watts, as well as Max Weinert and Richard H. Wiederstein.
Date: May 20, 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[End Of Year Play]

Photograph of eight children in an end-of-school play at Lower Valley School. The children are in costume and are using the porch of a building as a stage. Mrs. Watts is the teacher and director of the play.
Date: May 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[War Ration Book] (open access)

[War Ration Book]

War Ration Book belonging to Roland Otto Mueller. It was issued in May of 1942 and was registered to Roland Mueller by his father, Adolph H. Mueller.
Date: May 4, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[War Ration Book Four] (open access)

[War Ration Book Four]

A book of war ration stamps. The book was issued to Roland Otto Mueller of Falls City, Texas on May 4, 1942.
Date: May 4, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[End Of School Year Play]

Photograph of ten Lower Valley Students on stage during the end of the year production of the play Six Little Mothers. Six girls are holding baby dolls and standing behind strollers. Four boys are standing to the right.
Date: May 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[School Play]

Photograph of seven Lower Valley School students on stage in a school play. They are each holding signs with letters on them, which together spell out, "Welcome." The stage is the back porch of the teacherage building.
Date: May 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Children]

Photograph of two children holding hands. The boy is wearing sailor-style clothing, and the girl is wearing a hat and dress. To the left is another small boy holding a toy pig. There is an African American woman standing next to him. In the background is a wooden house. Another small boy is sitting on a bench on the porch.
Date: May 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[School Play]

Photograph of Lower Valley School students in costume for a school play. They students are posed in two rows. In the middle is a girl in a dress and bonnet. She is holding a crook. In the background is a wooden building with a large porch. There is a piano on the porch.
Date: May 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History