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Lucy Moten kindergarten graduation class in Tallahassee.

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BBC0230

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Collection

Big Bend area photographic collection, 1887-2003
N2013- 14

Physical Description

1 digital image - b&w

General Note

James Wiggins at far left. School on FAMU campus at Gamble and Martin Luther King.

Accompanying note: "2nd to right Edwin Thorpe, Jr."

Lucy Moten kindergarten graduation class in Tallahassee.

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Title

Lucy Moten kindergarten graduation class in Tallahassee.

Subject

Public institutions--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

African American universities and colleges--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

Academic rites and ceremonies

Commencement ceremonies

African Americans--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

African American children--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

African American students--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

African American school children--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

Kindergarten--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

Date

1957 (circa)

Identifier

BBC0230

Image URL

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Geographic Term

Leon County (Fla.)

Tallahassee (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 digital image - b&w

Series Title

Big Bend area photographic collection, 1887-2003

Big Bend area photographic collection, 1887-2003 N2013- 14

General Note

James Wiggins at far left. School on FAMU campus at Gamble and Martin Luther King.

Accompanying note: "2nd to right Edwin Thorpe, Jr."

Subject - Person

Wiggins, James

Thorpe, Edwin, Jr.

Subject - Corporate

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. Lucy Moten Training School.

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Lucy Moten kindergarten graduation class in Tallahassee. 1957 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/263818>, accessed 25 June 2026.

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Lucy Moten kindergarten graduation class in Tallahassee. 1957 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/263818>

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(State Archives of Florida)

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Lucy Moten kindergarten graduation class in Tallahassee.