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A photo of a May Day court featuring King Rob Washington and Queen Margaret Buck in the center, with the Queen's ladies Loretta Price and Mary Johnson in front.

A photo of a group of young people (the May Day celebration court) posed on the stairs of the Lucy F. Simms School. Labels identify them as Jimmy Washington, Ementha Buck, Ardell Curry, Gerald Harris, Sarah Sampson, Loretta Carter, Margaret Buck,…

A photo of the Maypole girls getting ready to wrap the pole. Pictured left to right: Lois Williams, Jeannie Goodwin, Laverne Abernathy, Lucille Madden, Anne Johnson (?), Marry Anne Smith, Wilma Mae Washington, and Priscilla Fields.

A photo of a young girl in an elegant white dress, shall, hat, and gloves outdoors. A group of children and a group of older girls stand in the background, and a young girl walks next to the elegantly dressed one.

A photo of Alice Beale (junior) being crowned May Queen by Principal H. Leslie Giles as Doris Jean Bundy and Viola Williams look on.

A photo of four older people around a table. A man and a woman hold hands.

A photo (or painting?) of Doris Myers Washington, titled "Memory Mates."

A photo of five young women seated together outdoors. Labels identify the women as "Memory Mates" Clarice Nizer, Beverley Jones, Betty Broaddus, Nancy Nizer, and Vera Tolliver.

A photograph of four well-dressed men, two of which are holding young children, all posed for the camera.

A photograph of two men and a child. One man is holding the child and appears to be talking to her.