Young Children in Progress Village Elementary Classroom

Creator

Progress Village

Files

Preview

Creation Date

1-1-1950

Time Period

circa 1950s-1960s

Abstract

A teacher writes on a blackboard and teaches a class of young children in Progress Village Elementary School. Progress Village is a suburb community that was designed to provide Tampa's Black residents with homes and yards in satisfactory surroundings with adequate zoning.

Keywords

Teachers, Elementary schools, Students, Community welfare councils, Planned communities, Progress Village

Extent

1 color photograph

Subject: geographic

Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)

Physical Collection

Progress Village Collection

Box

3

Folder

15

Digital Date

2024

Media Type

Color photographs

Note

The Progress Village Elementary School was built in January 1957 as one of the first buildings in Progress Village. It has been an elementary, middle, and high school over the years. Now it is known as Progress Village Middle Magnet School of the Arts, the largest dance, theater, and culinary arts program for middle school students in Hillsborough County.

Identifier

progress_village_images_1027

Recommended Citation

Progress Village, "Young Children in Progress Village Elementary Classroom" (1950). Progress Village Collection - Images. Image 28.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/progress_village_images/28