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The Memphis City Schools were incorporated around 1870.
This is the oldest known Memphis City Schools Commencement Program
in existence.
This 1875 Commencement was held at the Greenlaw Opera
House, across from the Peabody on 2nd and Union. The
Opera House burned in 1883 and was not rebuilt. (We have not
been able to locate a photo of the Greenlaw Opera House).
Look at the bottom of the cover for the name Miss Jennie M.
Higbee. The following year she started the Higbee School.
There is a memorial in Overton Park for Miss Higbee and a street was
named after her.
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