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THE PEALE, BALTIMORE'S COMMUNITY MUSEUM

Male and Female Colored School No. 1 at The Peale, Baltimore

From 1878 to 1889, the Peale building was part of a new public school system being developed in Baltimore to provide free education to African Americans in the city. Known as “Male and Female Colored School No. 1,” the building was the site of one of the first grammar schools in Baltimore’s Colored School system, and the first High School available to students of col ...
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The Peale Building and the Creation of Colored School No. 1, 1877
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Education Will Be Our Pride Introductory Panel
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Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #1
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Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #2
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Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #3
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Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #4
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Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #5
Peale Gallery, First Floor
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Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #6
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Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #7
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Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #8
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Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #9
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Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #10
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Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #11
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Freedmen’s School, 1866
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The 15th Amendment, Celebrated May 19, 1870
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Teachers and Principals Salaries, 1880
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Ordinance for the Establishment of Colored High School, 1882
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Primary Class, 1883
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Colored School Article, 1885
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Atlas of The City of Baltimore, Vol.2, NE Plate 1, 1886
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Baltimore City Public School Payroll for Teacher Salaries, 1881-1886
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Mamie Neale High School Diploma, 1889
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Brotherhood of Liberty, ca. 1900
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Credits
Ginevra Shay, Jazmin Smith, and Mary Ellen Hayward

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