Genevieve McClain and Alonzo Smith
Files
Dublin Core
Title
Genevieve McClain and Alonzo Smith
Subject
African Americans - Virginia - Shenandoah County
McClain, Genevieve D. Robinson (ca 1895-1983)
Smith, Alfonso "Buck" (1929-2018)
Students - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Description
Photograph of educator Genevieve D. McClain, seated, with one of her students, Alfonso "Buck" Smith, standing beside her in his graduation cap and gown.
Alfonso was most likely one of the students Genevieve McClain taught during the late 1940s and early 1950s at Creekside Elementary School, Woodstock's segregated school.
Alfonso was most likely one of the students Genevieve McClain taught during the late 1940s and early 1950s at Creekside Elementary School, Woodstock's segregated school.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "June 1948".
Contributor
Identified in 2010 by John Adamson who recognized the two people from other images in the Morrison Collection that had been identified. He also noted Marquetta Mitchell remembered that during the school year, Genevieve McClain lived in Strasburg.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Alfonso Smith appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 006697, 021782 and 021981.
Genevieve McClain appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 006697, 008832, 014463, 021891, 021981, 025327, and 025202.
Identifier
021981
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Genevieve McClain and Alonzo Smith,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 3, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/51548.
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