Dougherty County GaArchives Photo Group.....11th Avenue School Class Photo ca1950
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11th Avenue School Class Photo


Additional Comments:
I have been unable to find any information regarding this school that existed 
for a number of years in Albany, GA.  My understanding is that this was a 
private school set up by the cotton mill in Albany for the children of its 
employees.  I do not know the exact year that it was started but in 1944 or 
1945, my grandmother, Anna Whatley Bland, came to Albany to teach at it.   I 
can remember visiting her at the school in the early 1950s.  It was a white 
wooden building situated on a corner on 11th Ave. near the cotton mill.  To me 
it looked more like a church.  It had two huge rooms and there were several 
grades in each room.  The other teacher or maybe it was the principal was named 
Ruth Whaley.  The mill had spared no expense when it came to playground 
equipment.  There were  huge swings, an extremely large slide, giant strides, 
etc. on the playground.  The school apparently closed about 1954 and my 
grandmother went to teach at Mamie Brosnan School and later at Magnolia 
Elementary from which she retired about 1970.  This picture of my grandmother 
and her class on the front steps of the school was taken @ 1950.  Hope someone 
has other information or memories to share about this school. 

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