House on State Normal School Farm, later named Atkins Farm 1

Creation Date

1913

Decade

1910

Photographer

unknown

Subject

Jacksonville State University -- History, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- History, Dwellings, School farms

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Description

The house on the State Normal School farm was a 10 room house on 123 1/2 acres. The farm furnished fresh vegetables and milk for the school. The farm was donated by Fannie Atkins, in memory of her husband David, to the school circa 1917. Atkins hoped to help young men receive an education. It was located about 2 miles south of Jacksonville, Alabama. It is now home of Gerald Powell. (circa 1913)

Date Digitized

8-9-2017

Source

Alabama Gallery Special Collections

Is Part Of

Historical Image Collection

Rights

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Location

The original printed photograph is housed in the Houston Cole Library Alabama Gallery, Box 1, Item 180.

Identifier

http://jsucollections.jsu.edu:9000/rpc/cat/Imaging/photocollection/psp/psp1910/psp1910_1/PSP1910schoolfarm_00180.tif

Technical Metadata

Archival images are tiffs scanned from the original material at 300 dpi. The file name is PSP1910schoolfarm_00180.tif; file size is 18.4 MB. Original image is 8 by 10 on matte photographic paper