A group of students are inside a classroom at McKinley School in this 9-1/2" x 7-1/2" black and white photograph. Most of the students are sitting at wooden desks, while other s are standing near the wall. One student is holding a school pennant. The room has windows on both visible walls and a wooden floor. A chalkboard runs along one wall, and there are two planters hanging from the ceiling.
McKinley School was located at 230 S. 15th Street in Lincoln, Nebraska from 1902 to 1927. It was used as an elementary school until 1915 when it became a "special school with grades 1-9 with prevocational and evening classes." The school building was constructed in 1902 for a cost of $35,319.50. The contractor was T.P. Harrison.
