Salvation Army Event at Douglass High School - 1950's
Evento del Ejército de Salvación en la Escuela Secundaria Douglass - en la decada de 1950

Salvation Army Event at Douglass High School - 1950's

Salvation Army Event at Douglass High School - Geneva Minor, Cynthia Dupree, Herbert Johnson, Dorothy Miller, Rosie Smith, Cynthia Wilheight Whitfield, Herbert Tracy Mathis, Joseph Joe Joe Pickard, OJ Mathis (Herbert’s brother), Clarence or Stewart Berry, unknown, Jeannie Miller (Dot Miller’s sister), Pug?, Jean Bracey McBride? Charles Lee Berry (Clarence/Stewart’s brother), Dorothy Mae Whitfield (Cynthia Whitfield’s cousin), Artist Wright, Clementine Porter, Yvonne Porter (Clem’s sister), Albert Grey Richardson), Sherman Wheeler, Nick Mathis (Herbert/OJ’s sister), Rosa Nell Berry (Clarence, Stewart/Charles’ sister), Glorious Porter (Clem/Yvonne’s sister), Rudolph Pickard (Joe Joe’s brother), Alice June Fullmore, Barbara Nell Pickard (Joe Joe/Rudolph’s sister), Frankie Mathis, Audrey?, Marlin Thomas, Ovell Thomas (Marlin’s brother); Ovell gave Herbert his nickname Tracey{Dick Tracey}, Bonnie Lou Claybon, Winston Thomas (Marlin/Ovell’s brother, Marcellus Fullmore (Alice June’s brother); Katherine Johnson (Herbie’s sister), Deborah Brown, Roberta Whitefield (Dorothy May’s sister; Cynthia’s cousin), Betty Jean Whitefield (Dorothy May/Roberta’s sister, Cynthia’s cousin), Betty Mae Dot Brazel (Dorothy May/Roberta/Betty Jean’s aunt), Connie Lee (Pug’s brother), Captain Martinez, unknown, Mrs. Martinez, unknown. * Nick’s classmate The 101 S. Eucalyptus Street Douglass High School Bldg photograph has a date underneath; and it existed until 1954 when the national integration of schools; seems they didn't want non-blacks to attend our school, so they discontinued regular school classes, and demolished the bldg in 1962.

Area: Central / Chamizal

Source: O.J. Mathis Photo Collection & Salvation Army

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Comments

Add a comment
Thank you for your comment

Report this entry

Choose the most important reason for this report

Your name

Your email address

Optional detail

Thank you for your report

More from the same community-collection

Chamizal National Memorial

Chamizal National Memorial located at 800 S San Marcial St, El ...

Chamizal National Memorial

Chamizal National Memorial - located at 800 S San Marcial St, ...

Chamizal National Memorial

Chamizal National Memorial located at 800 S. San Marcial St., El ...

Chamizal National Memorial

Chamizal National Memorial located at 800 S. San Marcial St., El ...

Six Policemen Dressed Up

These policemen dressed up for the Taft-Diaz meeting in El Paso ...

R. E. Harris Drug Store

R. E. Harris Drug Store near Alameda Avenue.

Drug Store and East El Paso Grocery Store - 1907

The Alameda - Piedras intersection was a business corner in ...

East El Paso Drug Store

East El Paso Drug Store - owned by R. E. Harris in El Paso, ...

R. E. Harris

R. E. Harris Drug Store in El Paso, Texas. During the period ...

Bernice Wiggins - El Paso, Texas

Bernice Love Wiggins was a poet during the Harlem Renaissance. ...

Family Chandler

The photograph from the 1940s shows Rose, George, and the baby ...

Association of Negro Musicians Conference, El Paso, TX 1925

The First Annual Conference of the West Texas Division of the ...

Teachers in Front of Douglass School - El Paso, Texas

Several teachers, including Blanche Phillips, congregated in ...

Teachers and Students in front of Douglass School in the 1940s

The image shows Principal Olalee McCall, George Chandler, and ...

Members of the American Legion Club

Members of the Col. Louis A. Carter Post No. 58A of the American ...

McCall Nursery in 1940s - El Paso, Texas

Lola Brown looks over the activities of her class at the MaCall ...

Charter members of American Legion Club

Charter members of the Col. Louis A. Carter Post No. 58A of the ...

Warehouse, 2159 Mills

About 43 minutes into the film Lone Wolf McQuade, Chuck Norris ...

Son Jarocho Dancers - Video

Jarocho designates someone or thing from southern Veracruz, ...

Son Jarocho Dancers - Video

Ruby is a dancer from Veracruz, Mexico. Jarocho Jarocho ...

Chamizal National Memorial

Administration Building of the Chamizal National Memorial.

Plaques at Chamizal National Memorial

2 signs or plaques on the wall of the Chamizal Nat. Memorial ...

Boundary Marker - Chamizal National Memorial

One of the original boundary markers between the USA & Mexico ...

home.search_collection