Finding aid for the West High School Class of 1871 Photographs

History of West High School

historical sketch courtesy of the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History

West High School was the second public high school to be located in Cleveland, Ohio. It originated as a branch of Central High School in the 3rd floor of a grammar school on West 45th Street in 1852. It moved to locations on Clinton Avenue and Bridge Avenue before settling permanently in 1902 in a new building at Franklin and West 69th, where it became a 6-year combined junior and senior high. Among its graduates were historians James Ford Rhodes and A. B. Hart, Adm. Issac C. Kidd, librarian Linda Eastman, and mezzo-soprano Mildred Miller. After its amalgamation in the new Lincoln-West High in 1970, West High's building was razed after serving for a short time as West Jr. High and replaced by the Joseph Gallagher Intermediate School.

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Scope and Content

The West High School Class of 1871 Photographs, 1871, consist of individual portraits of the class of 1871 of West High School, Cleveland, Ohio. The collection includes 16 black and white albumen photographs that measure 2.25 x 4 inches.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of public education in Cleveland, Ohio, during the nineteenth century.

Statement of Arrangement

Restrictions on Access

None.

The researcher should also consult PG 274 West High School Photographs; and MS 5244 West High School Newspaper Records.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

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Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] PG 240 West High School Class of 1871 Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Marjorie Aborn in 1941.

Detailed Description of The Collection