Girl, Photograph 1 - Pages 37 and 38
Scope and Contents
The May Benson Lyle Scrapbook contains Fifty-six (front and back) unnumbered pages with forty-nine black and white photographs (one each on the front and back covers of the scrapbook) recording May Benson Lyle's time as a student at Sam Houston Normal Institute from 1905-1908.
The images in the scrapbook are of campus buildings such as Austin Hall, Old Main Building, and the Peabody Memorial Library. There are also images of faculty members such as Ida Lawrence, Sue Smither, Professor Coleman, Professor Henry Fishburne Estill, Joseph (Joe) Pritchett, and his brother President Henry Carr Pritchett. Additional images show May Benson Lyle and her friends at the boarding house they lived in while attending Sam Houston Normal Institute.
Dates
- Creation: 1905 - 1908
Extent
1 Photographic Prints : Black and white photograph. Writing in black ink and pencil.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
Page 37: The black and white photograph is of a girl posing in front of a bedroom fireplace. Underneath the photo in stylized writing is "Baby." in black ink. To the right of the photograph in cursive is "may playmate" in pencil.
Page 38: Blank
Repository Details
Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository