Wordless Wednesday: Holtsville School in TN

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Wordless Wednesday: Holtsville School in TN

June 18, 2009 by msualumni

I can’t go totally wordless: Hardin County, Tennessee, Holtsville School, ca. 1912. My great-grandmother, Vannie Lee Harbour is the girl on the far right, middle row with the great big bow on her head.

Holtsville School

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Posted in Photographs | Tagged Hardin County Tennessee, Holtsville, Tennessee African-Americans, Tennessee black history, Vannie Harbour | 3 Comments

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on June 19, 2009 at 3:01 pm | Reply jeanbduncan

Great image! I’m partial to photos of school kids like this, bein a retired teacher.
- on June 25, 2009 at 3:49 am | Reply msualumni
  
  Thanks so much, Jean! This genealogy thing has made me a real love of old photographs. I appreciate your comment.
on September 28, 2012 at 2:50 pm | Reply John W. Holt’s Will « Reclaiming Kin

[...] of acres of land. At one point, he was Postmaster at the town bearing his name (Holtville), had a school named Holtville, and he was a merchant who owned a country store. This is a photo of John and his wife Mary Garrett: [...]

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