The class of 1879 of the Worcester Classical and English High School (Worcester High School) at the 1899 Class Reunion. Dr. Joseph Whitcomb Fairbanks, one-time principal (1841-1903), is seated in the center left with the dark bow tie. The photograph appears in the August, 1903 Worcester Magazine, in an article commemorating his life.
In the collections of the Worcester Public Library, Worcester, Mass. http://www.worcpublib.org/
Notes (publications):
Image from page 40 of the Worcester Magazine, August, 1903 (Vol. VI No. 2) in the article "Joseph Whitcomb Fairbanks". Published by the Worcester Board of Trade.