Miss Mae Kelly, director of instruction, with teachers at Randolph Henry High School, Keysville, Virginia. Photo by Philip Bonn, 1943.
This preserved scene shows Female teachers sits between two male teachers at paper-filled desks with book shelves behind them. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Miss Mae Kelly, director of instruction, with teachers at Randolph Henry High School, Keysville, Virginia. Photo by Philip Bonn, 1943.

This preserved scene shows Female teachers sits between two male teachers at paper-filled desks with book shelves behind them. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Miss Mae Kelly, director of instruction, with teachers at Randolph Henry High School, Keysville, Virginia. Photo by Philip Bonn, 1943.
Historical photographs preserve details that written records can miss: clothing, tools, architecture, body language, and the ordinary environments around important changes.
Image: Library of Congress | View original catalog record
Andy Warhol, artist, with a Polavision movie camera. Photo by Bernard Gotfryd, around 1977.
Georgia O’Keeffe, artist, sitting in her home studio. Photo by Balthazar Korab Studios, 1965.
Hodge Open Air School, Cleveland, Ohio. Unattributed photo, 1900-1920