Students behind Watauga County Hospital, photo 1

This image shows Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) student Elizabeth Brown (with hat) with other students washing with water in a barrel from a newly drilled well, behind Watauga County Hospital, built 1932 and opened 1938. The image was taken in the fall of 1939 by Gene Wyke, publicity director for Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967). Elizabeth Brown was the daughter of Clara Bartlett Dougherty, daughter of School co-founder Dauphin Disco Dougherty, and O. L. Brown.

Students

Dougherty Family

Appalachian State University

Elizabeth Brown Scoggins Collection (UA 45)

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1939

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Photographs

English

Image

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.)

Series 5 -- Students, Student Organizations, Student Life

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The Appalachian State University Historical Photographs Digitization Project is supported with federal Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources through the North Carolina ECHO, 'Exploring Cultural Heritage Online' Digitization Grant Program.