Shorefront Memories #001
November 13, 2012
1948 Fourth grade class photo at Foster School in Evanston, Illinois. Shorefront photographic collection.

1948 Foster Elementary School

Within Shorefront’s photographic collections, we have many class photos from Foster School in Evanston, Illinois. Unfortunately, the students photographed are unidentified.

Can you identify anyone?

Foster evolved into a de facto segregated school by the 1930s and remained that way until the 1967 “experimental” school was established. Occasionally, we receive class photos where the donors are only able to identify themself. Shorefront relies on the community to assist. This is an opportunity to help us identify students in the photo. If you can, please respond below with any helpful information.

Note: Photo from the Shorefront photographic collection, courtesy of Emma (Lowe) Harmon.

3 thoughts on “Shorefront Memories #001
  1. shorefront journal

    Front row 4th from left is Emma Lowe

    November 14, 2012 Reply
  2. Carl Davis

    second row from top: #2 Morisey Seawright; #4 Ray Bryant; #6 Jerome Huff; #7 Ronald Pryor; #9 Fred West

    third row: #5 Faith Little; #3 Nancy Pryor

    November 29, 2012 Reply
  3. Joyce Mims

    Emma Harmon Photo – Top row, 4th from left Dduck (sp?) Pryor??

    March 22, 2013 Reply
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