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Photograph of R. L. Smith School

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@ Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Willis, T. Bradford

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Photograph of R. L. Smith School. The building has broken windows, and the path to the entrance is overgrown with grass. A red tag has been placed on the front doors. The R. L. Smith Elementary School on Turner Street in East Waco was named for Robert Lloyd Smith (Jan. 8, 1861-July 10, 1942), an African-American who served in the Texas Legislature. He is buried in East Waco-Greenwood Cemetery. The building was razed in 2013.1 photograph : col. ; 2112 x 2816 px.
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Private Collection of T. B. Willis

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Keywords

  1. Abandoned Buildings
  2. Architecture Buildings
  3. Brick Buildings
  4. Smith, Robert Lloyd

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