Father Pays for Daughter's College Tuition with Buffalo Nickel Collection

Creation Date

9-11-1959

Decade

1950

Photographer

Opal R. Lovett

Subject

Jacksonville State University -- History, Jacksonville State College -- History, Jacksonville State College -- Employees, College students -- Alabama, Jacksonville State College -- Students

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Description

Margie Mask, standing left, was a freshman at Jacksonville State College in 1959. Shown with her father, Hugo Mask, they pay for her tuition with a collection of Buffalo nickels. Mr. Mask had a hobby of collecting the Buffalo nickels and saved them for his daughter's college tuition. Seated Mrs. James Haywood, assistant business manager, enrolls Margie for the Fall 1959 semester. (circa September 11, 1959)

Date Digitized

December 2017

Names of Persons Pictured

Margie Mask, Hugo Mask, Miriam Haywood

Source

JSU Photographic Services Negative Project

Is Part Of

Historical Image Collection

Rights

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Location

The original negative is housed at JSU McClellan Technical Information Center, Binder 29, Sleeve 59.

Identifier

http://jsucollections.jsu.edu:9000/rpc/cat/Imaging/photocollection/psn/psn1950/psn1950_24/PSN1950students_07154.tif

Technical Metadata

Archival images are tiffs scanned from the original material at 300 dpi. The file name is PSN1950students_07154.tif; file size is 1.4 MB. Original image is 4 by 5 on celluloid diacetate/triacetate film stock