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Photograph of valedictorian speech at Parker-Gray graduation

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Identifier: ABFR-23-002-045

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Black and white photograph of the valedictorian and son of the principal, William H. Pitts, Jr., giving a speech during Parker-Gray High School graduation. A young man dressed in a graduation cap and gown and glasses stands at a lectern on a stage. Several students and faculty in graduation gowns and stoles are seated in rows behind him on the stage. Photograph is dated 1951

Dates: Digitized: Digital surrogates created in 2023; 1937-2005, and undated

Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / ABFR, Alexandria Black Family Reunion Digital Collection / Char McCargo Bah Alexandria African American Community photographs

Photograph of Parker-Gray Assistant Principal Edward L. Patterson

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Identifier: ABFR-23-002-085

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Black and white photograph, portrait of Parker-Gray High School Assistant Principal Edward L. Patterson. He is dressed in a dark-colored plaid suit, white shirt, dark-colored tie, and wire-rimmed glasses. Patterson is posed seated at his desk as if in the midst of working. Papers and books are strewn across his desk, while he flips through an open book with one hand and a pencil poised to write something in the other hand. Photograph is undated, c.1960s

Dates: Digitized: Digital surrogates created in 2023; 1937-2005, and undated

Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / ABFR, Alexandria Black Family Reunion Digital Collection / Char McCargo Bah Alexandria African American Community photographs

Photograph of Parker-Gray Assistant Principal Edward L. Patterson

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Identifier: ABFR-23-002-086

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Black and white photograph, portrait of Parker-Gray High School Assistant Principal Edward L. Patterson. He is dressed in a dark-colored suit, white shirt, checkered tie, and wire-rimmed glasses. He is posed standing behind his desk while he does something with a large metal box atop the desk. Photograph is undated, c.1960s

Dates: Digitized: Digital surrogates created in 2023; 1937-2005, and undated

Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / ABFR, Alexandria Black Family Reunion Digital Collection / Char McCargo Bah Alexandria African American Community photographs

Photograph of Parker-Gray faculty and staff

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Identifier: ABFR-23-002-089

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Black and white photograph of several members of what appear to be faculty and staff of Parker-Gray High School. Ferris Holland, math and science teacher at Parker-Gray, is posed seated at a desk while pointing to something in a book. Seven other men and women are posed standing around him and looking at the book on his desk. Photograph is undated, c.1960s

Dates: Digitized: Digital surrogates created in 2023; 1937-2005, and undated

Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / ABFR, Alexandria Black Family Reunion Digital Collection / Char McCargo Bah Alexandria African American Community photographs

Photograph of Miss Parker-Gray

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Identifier: ABFR-23-002-069

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Black and white photograph of Miss Parker-Gray La Jeune Hundley and her two attendants, Teyanna Williams and Jesurena Smith. Three elegantly dressed young women are posed standing in a row in front of what appears to be the bleachers in the school gymnasium. Hundley is stood in the center of the trio and is turned around to shake the hand of a young woman standing behind her wearing a long, dark-colored coat with a corsage pinned to the lapel.

Dates: Digitized: Digital surrogates created in 2023; 1937-2005, and undated

Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / ABFR, Alexandria Black Family Reunion Digital Collection / Char McCargo Bah Alexandria African American Community photographs

Photograph of Miss Parker-Gray

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Identifier: ABFR-23-002-068

Scope and Contents Black and white photograph of Miss Parker-Gray La Jeune Hundley and her two attendants, Teyanna Williams and Jesurena Smith. Three elegantly dressed young women are posed standing in a row in front of what appears to be the bleachers in the school gymnasium. From left to right: a young woman wearing a light-colored coat over a dress, white gloves, white fascinator hat, and small handbag; a young woman, La Jeune Hundley, wearing a dress, short dark-colored fur coat, white gloves, tiara, and...

Dates: Digitized: Digital surrogates created in 2023; 1937-2005, and undated

Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / ABFR, Alexandria Black Family Reunion Digital Collection / Char McCargo Bah Alexandria African American Community photographs

The Art League website, April 2023 - present

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Description

Website of The Art League. Founded in 1954, The Art League, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable and educational nonprofit organization. The League is a multifaceted visual arts organization that meets its mission through its gallery, fine art school, art supply store, and arts-outreach programs

Dates: April 2023 - present

Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / WA001, Alexandria Community Web Archives / Local History, Culture, and Arts

Schools

File — Box: 1, Folder: 33

Scope and Contents

This folder contains 7 photographs of Alexandria schools and insignia, including T. C. Williams High School, a banner for St. Mary's Academy and Northern Virginia Community College.

Dates: 1942 - circa 1991

Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / MS331, Alexandria Gazette I (MS331)

Photograph of Parker-Gray queen

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Identifier: ABFR-23-002-039

Scope and Contents Black and white photograph of three Parker-Gray High School students on a platform or stage, seated in front of a decorative backdrop and arch with a dark-colored curtain visible in the background. From left to right: a young women wearing a polka dot dress and cat-eye glasses with a white, floral corsage pinned to her dress; a young woman, identified as [Annt] Lightfoot, wearing a white dress, white gloves, and crown and holding a bouquet; a young woman wearing a white dress with a white,...

Dates: Digitized: Digital surrogates created in 2023; 1937-2005, and undated

Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / ABFR, Alexandria Black Family Reunion Digital Collection / Char McCargo Bah Alexandria African American Community photographs

Photograph of Miss Parker-Gray

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Identifier: ABFR-23-002-066

Scope and Contents Black and white photograph that appears to depict the crowning of the 1957 Miss Parker-Gray. A young woman, LaJeune Hundley, is posed standing in what appears to be the school gymnasium while a man appears to place a tiara atop her head. Hundley is wearing a dress, short fur coat, white gloves, and small handbag. Posed standing next to her in the photograph is another young woman, dressed in a light-colored coat over a dress, white gloves, and white fascinator hat. The man crowning Hundley,...

Dates: Digitized: Digital surrogates created in 2023; 1937-2005, and undated

Found in: Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library / ABFR, Alexandria Black Family Reunion Digital Collection / Char McCargo Bah Alexandria African American Community photographs

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Photograph of valedictorian speech at Parker-Gray graduation

Photograph of Parker-Gray Assistant Principal Edward L. Patterson

Photograph of Parker-Gray Assistant Principal Edward L. Patterson

Photograph of Parker-Gray faculty and staff

Photograph of Miss Parker-Gray

Photograph of Miss Parker-Gray

The Art League website, April 2023 - present

Schools

Photograph of Parker-Gray queen

Photograph of Miss Parker-Gray

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