Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Lela Lee's class at West End School in Washington (ca. 1932-1933) |
Object Name |
Photograph |
Catalog Number |
2020.FIC.0295.0004 |
People |
Allison, Dale E. Allison, Willoughby Beacher, Joseph Burress, Robert Callender, Patty Sue Chestnut, Geraldine Eskew, Virginia Eskridge, Virginia L. Farris, Nicholas Fouts, Richard Greene, Samuel Hamm, James Helphenstine, Robert Lee, Edker L. Lee, Lela L. Miley, Donald Montgomery, Rosemary Moren, William Naylor, Charles Prater, Ruth Ricks, Thomas Rogers, Barbara Shelton, Herman L. Shipp, Hubbard Southgate, LeRoy Splater, Betty Taylor, James Thompson, Marjorie Ward, Eleanor Warren, Dorothy Williams, Audrey |
Description |
Students in Lela L. Lee's 1932-1933 elementary class at the West End School in Washington, Indiana. All of the students are named on the reverse. Also on the reverse is written "#1128" which is a reference to the Thelma Bingham books at the Daviess County Museum. She wrote this photo was part of a collection donated to the Daviess County Museum by Edker Lee in April 1985. Mr. Lee was the cousin of Lela L. Lee who began teaching at the West End School in the early 1930s. With the entry of the United States into World War II, Ms. Lee enlisted in 1943 and served in the U.S. Army WACs. After the war she returned to Washington and resumed her career in education. She retired in 1968 after over 45 years of teaching. |
Collection |
Lela Lee Collection |
Caption |
Lela Lee's class at West End School in Washington (ca. 1932-1933) |
Search Terms |
West End School |