THE PEALE, BALTIMORE'S COMMUNITY MUSEUM
Male and Female Colored School No. 1 at The Peale, Baltimore
From 1878 to 1889, the Peale building was part of a new public school system being developed in Baltimore to provide free education to African Americans in the city. Known as “Male and Female Colored School No. 1,” the building was the site of one of the first grammar schools in Baltimore’s Colored School system, and the first High School available to students of color in the State of Maryland.
We use the term “Colored” throughout the timeline to reflect the language of late 19th-century and early 20th-century historical records and source material.
30 mins
The Peale Building and the Creation of Colored School No. 1, 1877
First floor, near elevator
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10:43
Education Will Be Our Pride Introductory Panel
First floor, near elevator
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0:40
Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #1
First floor, near elevator
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0:41
Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #2
First floor, near elevator
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0:55
Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #3
Not on display at this time
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0:43
Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #4
First floor, near elevator
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0:46
Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #5
Peale Gallery, First Floor
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0:21
Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #6
Not on display at this time
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0:23
Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #7
First floor, near elevator
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0:35
Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #8
First floor, near elevator
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0:38
Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #9
First floor, near elevator
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0:50
Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #10
First floor, near elevator
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0:40
Male and Female Co. School No. 1 - Slate #11
Not on display at this time
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0:36
Freedmen’s School, 1866
Not on display at this time
The 15th Amendment, Celebrated May 19, 1870
Not on display at this time
Teachers and Principals Salaries, 1880
Not on display at this time
Ordinance for the Establishment of Colored High School, 1882
First floor, near elevator
Primary Class, 1883
Not on display at this time
Colored School Article, 1885
Not on display at this time
Atlas of The City of Baltimore, Vol.2, NE Plate 1, 1886
Not on display at this time
Baltimore City Public School Payroll for Teacher Salaries, 1881-1886
Not on display at this time
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1:00
Mamie Neale High School Diploma, 1889
First floor, near elevator
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0:42
Brotherhood of Liberty, ca. 1900
First floor, near elevator
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0:21
Credits
Ginevra Shay, Jazmin Smith, and Mary Ellen Hayward
