Group of students and teachers pose on front steps of school building; stone arches at entrance; sign on door: "Board of Education, office of secretary or business manager, 1st door to the right." Printed on photograph: "1882; class of '82." Handwritten on back: "Capitol High School, Detroit, 1882; teacher - Bishop, back row, 2nd from left, center column; Maude Wetherbee, 2nd below right center column; Fannie Hanna Scott, 3rd below 2nd column, directly under Class of '82; Mary Balmer Murray, directly above and a little to left of good looking boy in center in light colored suit; N.B. My mother Mary Balmer Murray (Plumb) said that Will Levington Comfort, the author of 'Rutlege [sic] rides alone' etc. was a member of this class, [signed] Robert M. Plumb."