Trappe's "colored school" circa 1930. The principal, Prince Cooper, is at the left and Naomi Freeman is in the first row fourth from left. This school was located near where Bay Tree Storage is on Rt. 50 now. This building was built by the Rosenwald Fund, which gave $3,300 for its construction in 1929-30. The Rosenwald Fund was established by Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears and Roebuck, in the early 1900s, to build black schools in the rural south. It replaced the town's earlier black school which was located next to Scott's Church. This 1929-30 building was used until 1957, when White Marsh Elementary school opened on the corner of Rt. 565 and Lover's Lane. After it closed, part of the old building was moved several hundred feet north and made into a small house which was torn down about 2000. The Rosenwald Fund built seven schools in Talbot Co. including two in the Trappe area. The other school was located down Island Creek Neck in the fork in the road between north side south side Island Creek Roads. It was built in 1923-4 at a cost of $2,500. These schools were part of the public school system. Thanks to Laura Austin and the Fisk University Rosenwald Fund site for this information. Naomi Freeman's diploma from 1933 is shown also. She married William Thomas who started Thomas' Salvage Yard, Trappe's oldest business, in the late 1930s or early '40s. Thanks to Naomi Thomas for the photograph and the diploma, and to Bob Croswell for his restoration of the photo.