Bruce School, Houston, 1919, Class Portrait antique American watercolor set but this old brass one

but this old brass one with turned wooden handle and hanging hook at the end is as lovely as any I have seen

and I'll never resist them if I can afford them (which is

Better than photos can convey

The black paint of the shoes was topped with varnish

Beautifully aged and just wonderful

Bruce School, Houston, 1919, Class Portrait antique American watercolor set but this old brass oneA striking 1919 photo of the 3D (3rd grade, I assume) class "low and high" at the segregated Bruce School in Houston. The #5 Schleuter under the name of the school is not the address, but rather I believe the name of the photographer, Frank Schleuter, a prominent commercial photographer of the era. [More that is relevant to his photographs of students and teachers at African American educational institutions in Houston here.] Founded from what I have