Striking Early Segregated School Class Photograph text sign and with a little bleeding

and with a little bleeding around the edges

with a pair of figures in what I believe are whaling boats on either side

with the arcs of their necks almost forming a heart and the negative space between the feet and the base rather like a keyhole

An uneven left edge with a little crinkling just along that side and some smudges and age toning

I am very much not one of them

Striking Early Segregated School Class Photograph text sign and with a little bleedingA second class photograph of students at all black school, found along with the class photo at the Bruce School in Houston l've also listed, that one dated 1919 and this one I presume from around the same time, perhaps just a bit earlier This is a real photo postcard, with the name William Henry Rivers (or similar; last name a bit hard to discern) written on reverse. Another striking image, with several girls in sailor style dresses and the boys in