St. Marys School, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1909 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures St. Marys School, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1909 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: St. Mary's School, Raleigh, N.C.
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St. Marys School, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1909
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St. Marys School in Raleigh, North Carolina, sat in 1909 as one of the oldest continuing schools for young women in the South, a Episcopal-affiliated institution that had trained girls in the capital since the years before the Civil War. Raleigh that decade was a state capital of roughly 20,000 people, with its economy built on government offices, the railroads that converged there, and a growing number of tobacco and cotton merchants. Schools like St. Marys shaped the city's social life, preparing daughters of professional and planter families for teaching, church work and genteel domestic roles. The campus group portrait, taken by a commercial photographer, records the students and faculty arranged in front of the school's main buildings during a period when public debate over women's education and the vote was just gathering strength.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | haines photo co. (conneaut, ohio) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--North Carolina |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,269 × 1,389 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | St. Mary's School, Raleigh, N.C. |
| Reference | NC 1909 St. Marys School, Raleigh |
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