Photos of Georgia schools 1907-1979

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Flashback photos: Georgia schools, part 1, 1907-1979

Take a look back on the school days of an earlier time, from elementary schools to universities.

University of Georgia girls playing baseball, Athens, Georgia, 1946. LBCB112-089a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Morningside School dismissal, Atlanta, 1950. N02-116_01, Tracy O'Neal Photographic Collection, 1923-1975, Photographic Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Atlanta police officer Ruth Looney helps a young boy, Butch Harrison, 7, outside of school, circa 1950s.

School children wearing Halloween masks try to scare their classmates, September 1956.

West End Elementary School Band in April 1964. LBCB117-088a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

West Fulton High School in October 1951. LBGPF4-004a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

School children celebrating Halloween in their classroom, September 1956.

From the original caption: "Herschel Walker of Johnson County High School in Wrightsville, the top running back in the south." This is in December 1979. He'd soon go on to the University of Georgia.

Hirsch Hall, Law School building, University of Georgia in Athens in 1946. LBCB112-090b, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Immaculate Conception Church and School in April 1955. N04-177_01, Tracy O'Neal Photographic Collection, 1923-1975, Photographic Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Russell Hall at John McEachen High School in August 1942. LBCB070-109b, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Josephine Wells Elementary School in Hapeville in December 1956. N05-117_02, Tracy O'Neal Photographic Collection, 1923-1975, Photographic Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Marist School in May 1955. LBGPF3-119b, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Marist School in January 1956. LBGPF4-031c, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Marsh Business College, 322 Ivy Street (now Peachtree Center Avenue), in July 1953. LBGPNS6-031a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Murphy High School counselor Maribel Richardson helping new students Rosalyn Walton and Martha Ann Holmes, September 1961.

Three African-American students - Willie Jean Black, Donita Gaines and Arthur Simmons - waiting to be picked up from Northside High School (later North Atlanta High School) on the first day of its racial integration, August 30, 1961.

James M. Smith Science Hall in Athens, sometime just after 1907. The building was begun in 1905, burned in 1906 before completion, was rebuilt and finished by 1907.

North Fulton School scrap drive in 1942. LBCE14-034a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Northside High School students in December 1950. LBCB067-045a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Class of 1908, Oakland School, Georgia. It's unclear exactly which Oakland School this is. It could be in Rockdale County or in South Georgia's Clay County.

O'Keefe High School in Atlanta in 1941. The school's last class graduated in 1973 and the buiilding became part of the Georgia Tech campus. LBGPF1-141a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Tech High student Olin Mumford Jr. invents a portable radio hat, March 1946. Tech High, which stood where Grady High School is today, would close in 1947.

Roosevelt Girls High School in the 1940s or 1950s. LBGPF3-135c, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Roosevelt High School football players in November 1952. LBCB093-045a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Saint John's School in Hapeville in September 1954. LBGPOA3-069c, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Overhead view of hedges at the University of Georgia's Sanford Stadium in August 1946. An expansion brought the seating capacity to 48.400 before that fall season's kickoff.

Sylvan Hills School, Atlanta, July 1950. N02-122_01, Tracy O'Neal Photographic Collection, 1923-1975, Photographic Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

DeKalb County's Toney Elementary School in September 1953. LBCB106-040a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Planting a tree at Atlanta's Northside High School in December 1953. LBCB023-120a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Georgia Bulldogs' Charley Trippi carrying the ball during practice, 1946. The Pro and College Football Hall of Famer is 95 and still lives in Athens as of 2017.

University of Georgia art students and professor, Athens, Georgia, 1946. LBCB112-089m, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

University of Georgia cadet corps in parade formation, Athens, Georgia, 1946. LBCB112-090c, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

University of Georgia football team at practice, Athens, Georgia, 1946. LBCB112-089o, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Grandstand construction at Grady High School's football field in July 1948.

University of Georgia students gather around a piano and sing in Athens, 1946. LBCB112-089h, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

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University of Georgia girls playing baseball, Athens, Georgia, 1946. LBCB112-089a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

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