A group of students are standing on the front steps of Whittier Junior High school in this 9-1/4" x 7-1/4" black and white photograph. The girls are wearing dresses and the boys are wearing suits and ties. There are three teachers in the group as well.
Whittier Junior High School was located at 22nd and Vine Streets in Lincoln, Nebraska. The building was built in 1923 and used until 1977 as a junior high school. It was then used as an alternative high school until 1980. Whittier School was named for the American poet, John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892).