Frederick Street School Basketball Team

The year 1918 brought the opening of Cumberland High School, a black high school located on Frederick Street. In keeping with the Supreme Court's ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson, the new school for black students was, in theory, to be, "separate but equal." B.H. Smith was the principal and it was initially established as a two-year institution.

In 1919 E.A. Gibson became principal, the school implemented a four-year curriculum, and in 1922 the name was changed to Frederick Street School, and in 1941, to Carver High School.

This photograph is of the "Orange and Blue" 1926 basketball team of the Frederick Street School. The players were, top row, from left to right:
Horatio Ruffner, Charles "Chester" Francis, and Buck Trimble. Bottom row, from left to right: Bob Frisby, Harman Myres, George Page, Reginald Cooper, and Hopewell Darr. Opponents often included the Cumberland Collegians, Myersdale Jolly Boys, Grace of Baltimore, and Storer College of Harper's Ferry.