Mary Junkin Cowley Elementary School

1963

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Title
Mary Junkin Cowley Elementary School
Creator
Vinard Studios
Identifier
MSP117.B006.F02.I01
Source Identifier
MSP117.B006.F02.I01
Description
Cowley Elementary School, located on Sherman Avenue in the North Side section of Pittsburgh, was renamed from the Second Ward School of Allegheny City to the Mary Junkin Cowley School in May 1926. Mrs. Cowley was on the first court-appointed Board of Education in 1911 and served as President of the Playground and Vacation School Association of Allegheny County for 34 years. She made possible forty playgrounds in the North Side, and dedicated her life to the establishment of parks and playgrounds in the underprivileged districts of Pittsburgh. Cowley School was first built in 1895. It was remodeled or rebuilt in 1900. The school sat in the midst of a congested district of private homes and boarding houses. The school closed in 1973 and the property was sold in 1979.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Mary Junkin Cowley Elementary School (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Elementary schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Elementary school students--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Children--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
African American students--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Source
Pittsburgh Public Schools Photographs, 1880-1982, MSP 117, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Pittsburgh Public Schools Photographs
Rights Information
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Rights Holder
Senator John Heinz History Center