Photograph of Avery student, John Henderson, in costume for the class play of the Avery Class of 1918, Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." Robertson wears a large hat and a tunic.
Photograph of three female Avery teachers posed outside of the institute with arms around each other. Caption: "'Ere the Work of one Day is Over;' Miss Quick, Miss Dart, Miss Peck."
Photograph of three female and one male teacher of Avery's first "colored" faculty seated on a staircase. Caption: "'When Shall They Meet Again'; Our First Colored Faculty."
Photograph of two female students posing in white dresses for the camera in front of a set of bleachers. The photograph is marked with the caption "Peaches."
Photograph of class of 1950 graduates George Lee, Juanitya Haynes, Cassie Greene, Blondelle Bash, and Pearl Gadsden, posed outside of the Avery Institute.
Photograph of five members of the Avery men's basketball team posed with teacher Mrs. Singleton outside of the Avery Institute. Singleton carries a banner that reads, "Avery Inter Class 1932 Champions, Class of 1934." The basketball team wears their uniforms.
Photograph of six members of Avery's men's basketball team posed with a crowned Miss Avery on the lawn outside of the Avery Institute. The basketball players wear their uniforms.
Photograph of Avery student in costume for the class play of the Avery Class of 1918, Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." He wears a large hat and dark leather coat.
Photograph of group of four Avery students enrolled in Miss Clyde's Training School, posed near a building. From left to right: Ella Ann Hawkins, Joyce Ravenel, Luther Sims, and Esther Manigault.
Photograph of nine members of the Avery Men's Basketball team with two coaches. The team is in uniform and stands on the front staircase of the Avery Institute. One student holds a baskeball upon which is written, "SCP(?) Champs 1944."
Photograph of a group of Avery students studying in a classroom or a library. The students are surrounded by bookshelves and sit in chairs around tables.
Photograph of forty-one members of the Avery Chorus dressed in uniform outside of the Avery Institute on the school's bleachers. Photo inclues a listing of the chorus' officers and members.
Photograph of Avery Choir performing at a church. Choir director is posed in action. Female students wear white choir robes while male students wear black choir robes.
Photograph of principal Benjamin F. Cox standing in front of a grandstand full of students attending an outdoor Avery basketball game. Cox wears a suit and tie.
Photograph of fifteen members of the cast of "Song of Hiawatha" performed by the Avery Normal Institute. The students are dressed in Native American costume.
Professional portrait of Avery's first "colored" principal, Benjamin F. Cox. The photograph has an oval-shaped mat and shows a profile-shot of Cox wearing a suit and tie.
Photograph of six members of the Avery Sextet. Caption: "The Avery Sextet; (L to R seated) Holland Daniels, Eugene Hunt; (L to R standing) Andrew White, Leroy Anderson, Charles Pheonix, Jos Pichardson."
Photograph of eleven members of the Avery men's basketball team in uniform on the main stairccase at the Avery Institute. The coach stands to one side and one player holds a plaque that reads "S.C. State… First Place Boys." A basketball sits in front of the players that reads "Avery '35.
Photograph of eighteen members of the Avery Football Team with their assistant coach Charlie Moore, assistant coach Hoursey, and head coach L. Bligen (third row left to right). Team is in uniform and sits on bleachers.
Photograph of Cynthia "Cinny" McCottry, an Avery cheerleader, dressed in her uniform which is embellished with a large "A" on the chest. Cinny is posed in front of a backdrop of the night sky with stars and a large half moon with a face.
Photograph of twenty Avery students dressed in costume on stage for a production of Shakespeare's "Macbeth." Students wear chainmail, witches hats, and royal costume.
Photograph of five female Avery students seated on a set of bleachers. Several girls are holding reading material. Image appears to be cut out for a scrapbook.
Photograph of a group of Avery students studying in a classroom or a library. The students are surrounded by bookshelves and sit in chairs around tables.
Photograph of group of twelve Averyites posed outside of the school. Caption: "Holloway, Lee, Richards became medical doctors (Back row second from left, Charles Holloway; fourth from left Arthur Lee; bottom right, Freddie Richards)."
Photograph of group of four Avery students, Emily Simmons Smith, Whilamenia (surname?), Gertrude Pallerson Mack, and Eloise Cooper, posed in the grass.
Photograph of two members of Avery's class of 1929, Norman Pendergrass and Edna Kimbrough (nee Marshall), kneeling in the grass possibly on Avery's campus.