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  • Collection: Celebrating Simms Collection: The Story of the Lucy F. Simms School

simms00353-the-cavalier-club.jpg
A newspaper photo and article about the 27th Anniversary of the Cavalier Community Club, a group organized by 12 women in 1938 to do community work.

simms00413-tankins-barber-shop.jpg
A photo of a row of barbers standing behind their seated customers in Tankins' Barber Shop on Wolfe Street. A copy of file 315.

simms00185-taking-a-break-at-prom.jpg
A photo of two well-dressed young couples sitting at a table at the Lucy F. Simms School prom. Alfred Howard, Jr. sits on the left.

simms00273-sweater-clad-trio.jpg
A photo of two young women and a young man in a sweater standing on stairs. Labels identify the three as Goldie Mosby Fie, Dick Harris, and Calotta Harris.

simms00030-suited-man.jpg
A photograph of a man posing in a white suit and hat in front of a tree.

simms00429-students-singing.jpg
A photo of students prepare to sing. Back row, third from the left: Robby Fields, Eugene Brown, Gene Mason, Carlos Brown. Front, second from left: Lois Williams, Eugene Brown, Abe Madden, Jeanie Goodwin, Johnny Stevens. Far right: Peggy Curry.

simms00460-students-outside-effinger-street-school-ca-1945.jpg
A photo of six young female students standing outside of the Effinger Street School.

simms00368-students-on-the-simms-steps.jpeg
A photo of a group of young adults standing on the front stairs of the Lucy F. Simms School.

simms00274-students-at-the-1961-lucy-simms-school-prom.jpg
A photo of two couples in suits and dresses at the Lucy F. Simms School prom. Labels identify the photo as being on load from Daniel Lee Carter of Harrisonburg and identify the students as Butch Curry, Doris Fields, Barbara Fields, and Garland Allen.

simms00436-students-at-simms.jpg
A photo of a group of students posing in a classroom at the Lucy F. Simms School. Pictured: Cav Whitelow, Mary Virginia Johnson, Andrew Toliver.
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