May and Friends Dress-Up, Photograph 2 - Pages 43 and 44
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.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
Page 43: The black and white photograph is of three girls. The girl in the middle is wearing a dress and is sitting on top of a barrel with "SHNI" printed in white text. The girl to the left is wearing men's clothing and is holding her hand. The girl to the right is wearing men's clothing and is leaning in to listen. Underneath the photograph in stylized writing is' "Eve-dropers never hear anything good of theirselves." ' in black ink.
Note: The author of the scrapbook misspelled eavesdroppers.
Page 44: Blank
Repository Details
Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository