Photograph of thirty-six elementary school aged Avery students pose outside on the institute's property in two rows: the male students stand in back while the female students kneel in front.
Photograph from a publication within "The Avery" published in November 1953 called "Sports Shorts" by Cook. Picture shows a much earlier image of twelve members of Avery's football team, possibly from the 1920s.
Photograph of nine members of the Avery High Gymnasts doing acrobatic work on the lawn outside of the Avery Institute. Four young men do handstands and one is hoisted up on the bodies of two others.
Photograph of male Avery student with arms around the shoulders of two young female students. The trio is standing against the back of a Model-T or similar model car.
Photograph of two male Avery students, A. Jenkins and S. Grant, standing outside of the Avery Institute. The men are dressed possibly in military attire.
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.
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 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 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 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 four Avery students, Emily Simmons Smith, Whilamenia (surname?), Gertrude Pallerson Mack, and Eloise Cooper, posed in the grass.
Photograph of five female teachers standing outside the Avery institute dressed in winter coats and hats. The teachers are Misses Marsh, Turtle, Butterwark, Stevens, and Sewards.
Photograph of thirty-seven students from the Avery Institute standing on the school's main staircase outside of the building. Caption on back: "Picture Includes: Catherine A. Walker; Erma Pequette - Teacher at Burke; Mary Ann McFall - Teacher at Burke; Marie Patrick Tobin - Teacher; Sadie Gaillard Fielding"
Photograph of nine students dressed in costume for a play posed outside of the Avery Institute. The students appear to be dressed as knights: one holds a sword and another a shield.
Photograph of three female students dressed in costume for a play posed outside the Avery Institute. The girls appear to be dressed as witches and wear pointed hats.
Photograph of eleven members of the Avery Institute's first African American faculty. The faculty is seated on the front steps of the institute. Caption: "Front Row (left) Mrs. J. Cox; Second Row (2nd from right) Serena Hamilton, (next to her) Principal B.F. Cox; Third Row (2nd from right) Alberta Clyde"
Photograph of Avery student Addison Richmond in costume for the class play of the Avery Class of 1918, Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." Richmond wears a large hat and carries a sword.
Photograph of Aurelius Robertson in costume for the Avery Class of 1918's class play, Twelfth Night, outside of the Avery Institute. Robertson wears a cape and a sword scabbard.
Photograph of Aurelius Robertson in costume for the Avery Class of 1918's class play, Twelfth Night, outside of the Avery Institute. Robertson wears a cape and a sword scabbard.
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 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 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 thirteen female students from the Avery Normal Institute posed outside with a large group of female students in the background. Includes the phrase "Lest we Forget."
Photograph of group of three female Avery students posed in the grass outside of the Avery Institute. Two of the girls are identified as Gladys Jones and Annabele(?) Cox.
Photograph with inscription, "Mr. Benjamin Cox (Principal) standing at podium addressing weekly Chapel meeting. Mrs. Cox seated at extreme right. Miss Clyde (teacher) seated at left of Mr. Cox. Student body, faculty, principal B.F. Cox at podium in Avery Auditorium"
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 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 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 twenty-three members of Avery's Glee Club pose outside the Avery Institute. Caption: "Maude Smith Atkins, director; Top row far right A. McBeth; Third row second from left Dolly Mears, third Mary Ford; First row center C. Giles; Seated Maude Smith Atkins."
Photograph of thirty-seven students with their teachers sitting on the main staircase of the Avery Institute outside of the school. Caption: "Principal B.F. Cox row four, first person at left, 1925"
Photograph of five female Avery students dressed in white dresses posed outside, possibly taken on their graduation day. Caption: "L + Right; 1. Erin Hare; 2. Louise Hunt; 3. Ester Simmons; 4. Edith Less; 5. Ester Boags"
Photograph of three members of the Avery Institute's men's basketball team stand outside in uniform. Caption: "L. to R., Oliver Hasell, L. Howard Bennett, Daniel Wright."