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.
Five-page program of Avery's Anniversary Exercises for the class of 1901. The events included are: the elocutionary contest, the sub-Normal Exhibition, the Annual Sermon to Graduates, the Junior Reception to graduates, Class Day Exercises, and the Commencement.
Five-page program for Avery's commencement ceremony for the class of 1899. Program includes a class list, the class hymn, and a list of invocation activities.
In this five page program for Avery's commencement activities for the class of 1898, the events of the commencement ceremony are listed. A list of honor roll students is also included as well as the words to the class hymn.
Three-page program for Avery's commencement ceremony for the class of 1895 held at the Zion Presbyterian Church. Program includes a list of essays to be read by graduating students.
In this three page program for Avery's commencement activities, the events of the commencement ceremony are listed along with the class of 1892's class motto and class hymn.
In this two page program for the Avery Alumni Association's Sixteenth Annual Reunion, various musical acts are listed alongside their performers. Also included is a list of the officers of the association.
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.
