Summer reading closing exercises, Dart Hall Branch Library, 1953 (1)

Title:

Summer reading closing exercises, Dart Hall Branch Library, 1953 (1)

Date:

1953

Creator (Personal):

Schwartz, Louis

Description:

Dart Hall Branch Library, 19 Kracke Street. Stamped on front: "Charleston Negro File." Caption on back: "The Reverend Stephen B. Mackey, rector of Calvary Episcopal Church, awarding reading diplomas to three children at exercises held at Dart Hall Library, 19 Kracke St., on Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 1953. 80 children from Shaw Center Library, Dart Hall Library, and the book truck were awarded diplomas, each having read and reported on at least 10 books in the six weeks of the summer program. The reading game is an annual affair sponsored by the Charleston Free Library. The Reverend Mackey also made an address. The children pictured are, left to right: Patricia Robinson, daughter of Mrs. Victoria Robinson, [...], Patricia Gordon, daughter of Mrs. Janie Gordon [...], and Bernard Powers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Powers, [...]."

Collection Title:

Images from the Records of the Charleston County Public Library

Contributing Institution:

The Charleston Archive at CCPL

Media Type:

Images

Note:

8" x 10" Black and white photograph.

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Charleston County Library

Topical Subject:

Public libraries--South Carolina--Charleston County, African Americans and libraries, and Summer reading programs

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Shelving Locator:

ccpl_111

Date Digital:

2013-12-30

Digitization Specifications:

600 ppi, 24-bit color, Epson Expression 10000XL scanner, Archival Master is a tiff.

Internet Media Type:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Digital image copyright 2014, Charleston County Public Library. All rights reserved. For more information contact the Charleston Archive, Charleston County Public Library, 68 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC 29401. http://www.ccpl.org

Admin ID:

26235