A Pathway to Opportunity : High Point Normal and Industrial Institute
Caption:
The New York Friends Society located their school in High Point because of the city's rapid growth and location on the Southern Railroad line. The Friends bought land on Broad and Washington Streets to establish a permanent campus.

Handwritten on reverse is text reading, "Miss Simpson, Cort [or Carl] [last name possibly Porsett], Marion Graves, Walter Whittiker, Charles Alliston".

Gift of Gwyn Davis.
Object ID:
1999.002.010
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