View of the white officials houses from the Girls Dormitory at Cherbourg c1930
View from the backyard of the Girls’ Dormitory towards the area where the white officials live. The large house with the tennis court is the residence of the superintendent.
“We used to watch Boss Semple’s fruit. He had a big pear tree, a veranda full of grapes, trees loaded with oranges. We used to sit at the fence and watch all the stuff, see the birds eat it. They never shared anything with us.”
— Nellie O’Chin, 1988 interview
Such abundance was too much for some inmates. The superintendent’s yard was raided numerous times.