In front of Murdock Hall

In front of Murdock Hall

Smith, Roy Leon

Smith, Majel

Staples, Frank

Murdock Hall (College Hall) - exterior

North Adams Normal School

North Adams (Mass.)

Three people standing in front of one of the entrances to Murdock Hall on the east side. On the back (in ink): "left to right/Frank Staples/(painted picture on south/wall of living room)/?/Roy Leon Smith" Stamped (in red ink) "Mar 6 1944" If the man on the right is Roy Leon Smith, then the stamped date is not the date the picture was taken. Principal Smith died in 1932. The woman may be his daughter Majel Smith, who graduated from the school in 1927. Her hair and dress reflect fashion in the 1920s, not the 1940s. In 1927, Frank Staples was teaching art in the summer school.

MCLA

1897-1944

2018.100.1

Print, Photographic

5.19" (h) x 3.38" (w)