Saturday Stories: Bertha Hazelton Brooks
- Veronica Carr
- Aug 6, 2022
- 1 min read
A recent acquisition
Bertha Estelle Hazelton Brooks (1886-1961)
Class of 1903 of the #ColoredHighSchool, located at #PennsylvaniaAve and #DolphinStreet, #BaltimoreMD
Graduated from the #ColoredTrainingSchool, now known as #CoppinStateUniversity
Teacher at #HenryHighlandGarnetSchool103 in 1914-1915, when future #SupremeCourtJustice #ThurgoodMarshall was a student
Also taught at #School112, formerly known as #RobertBrownElliot and eventually renamed #WilliamMAlexander, from 1921-1922
She was a longtime member of #SharpStreetMemorialUnitedMethodistChurch, having joined as a child under the pastorate of #RevDanielWHayes
Before marriage, she resided at #626WestLanvaleStreet and afterwards at #1419ArgyleAvenue, which allowed her to walk to work and church regularly.
The family is interred in historic #MountAuburnCemetery #BaltimoreMD
H/t to Craig Arthur Flinner
Colorized by #DeOldify
Courtesy of Nanny Jack & Co Archives
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