Aycock High School Photograph Collection, PHC.218

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Aycock High School Photograph Collection, PHC.218

Abstract

Aycock High School building exterior, teachers, and students of Aycock High School, probably class of 1940-1941.

Descriptive Summary

Title
Aycock High School Photograph Collection
Call Number
PHC.218
Creator
Unknown
Date
1940-1941
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

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Collection Overview

Photographs depicting the Aycock High School building front exterior, teachers, and students of Aycock High School, probably class of 1940-1941, Cedar Grove, NC. Photos were originally attached to two album pages, and most of the photos have been cropped, many into abstract shapes. Thirteen (13) black and white photographic prints, various sizes ranging from approximately 5.5" x 3.5" to less than 1"x2". Photos were originally attached to two album pages, and most of the photos have been cropped, many into abstract shapes.

Biographical/Historical

Aycock High School was in Cedar Grove (Orange County), NC, and was built in 1924. Students began attending the school in January of 1925, and the last class graduated in 1963.

Contents of the Collection

Collection Contents
Overall exterior shot of the front of Aycock High School, Cedar Grove, NC. Four people are visible standing on the grounds in front of the school building; at least two appear to be students., c. 1940
PhC.218.01
Middle aged woman smiling and sitting on the front steps at the entrance to Aycock High School, Cedar Grove, NC. She is identified as Alice Hughes., c. 1940
PhC.218.02
Cropped photograph of a young woman in a coat with fur collar, hands in pockets of coat. She is identified as either E. Hughes or Mrs. V. L. Warren. Mrs. V. L. Warren was the Principal of Aycock High School from about 1926 until Spring of 1940., c. 1940
PhC.218.03
Cropped photograph of a young woman standing outdoors wearing a long coat and button down dress. Woman is identified as Irene Pender., c. 1940
PhC.218.04
Cropped photograph of a man wearing a dark suit and tie and seated outside. Man is identified as E. F. Cude., c. 1940
PhC.218.05
Cropped photograph of two unidentified young women standing side by side. This appears to have been cropped from a group shot that included others standing behind these two., c. 1940
PhC.218.06
Group photograph showing ten young people, men and women, possibly students, wearing a variety of costumes and standing in front of a brick wall and a small arching arbor docorated with flowers. Two of the men are wearing fezes from the Oasis Temple and several of the woman appear to be wearing flapper dresses and exagerated hats. One woman in the middle front is wearing all white and carrying a bushel basket. The group is identified, L-R: Hazel McDade, Clair McDade, Virgie Wilson, Curtis McDade, Sue Warren, Roger Cobb, Mildred Yates, Henry Sartin (?), Juanita Anderson, and Paul McDade., c. 1940
PhC.218.07
Group photograph of seven unidentified women wearing athletic uniforms (except one who is wearing a street dress) posed in front of a brick wall with what appears to be a basketball, probably a basketball team. Aycock High School, Cedar Grove, NC., c. 1940
PhC.218.08
Cropped group photograph showing five unidentified young men posing against a brick wall. Two wear Letter sweaters bearing a letter "A." Aycock High School, Cedar Grove, NC., c. 1940
PhC.218.09
Group photograph of twelve young unidentified woman wearing gym clothes (one is wearing street clothes) and posing with a basketball in front of a brick wall, likely a basketball team. Aycock High School, Cedar Grove, NC., c. 1940
PhC.218.10
Cropped group photograph of unidentified youg women wearing gym clothes and posing with a basketball on which has been inscribed "40," Aycock High School, Cedar Grove, NC. Photo has double exposure at right side., c. 1940
PhC.218.11
Cropped group photograph of boys' basketball team posing against brick wall with basketball inscribed "40," Aycock High School, Cedar Grove, NC., c. 1940
PhC.218.12
Group photograph of Aycock High School, Cedar Grove, NC, graduating class of either 1940 or 1941 posed on steps of the school in their caps and gowns. Child mascot is also shown and car in rear of shot., c. 1940
PhC.218.13

Subject Headings

  • Warren, V. L., Mrs.
  • Hughes, Alice
  • Hughes, E.
  • Pender, Irene
  • Cude, E. F.
  • McDade, Hazel
  • Wilson, Vergie
  • McDade, Curtis
  • Warren, Sue
  • Cobb, Roger
  • Yates, Mildred
  • Sartin, Henry
  • Anderson, Juanita
  • McDade, Paul
  • Aycock High School
  • Schools
  • Basketball
  • Teenagers
  • Women
  • Cedar Grove (N.C.)
  • Orange County (N.C.)

    • Acquisitions Information

    Collection donated September 2015 by Steve Massengill of Cary, NC.

    Processing Information

  • Photos were originally attached to two crumbling album pages, and most of the photos have been cropped, many into abstract shapes. Identifications from the album pages have been preserved and accompany the photos to which they pertain.