East front of buildings, Nebraska School for the Deaf, Omaha
Description
The front three brick multi-story buildings in this 7-1/2" x 4-1/2" black and white plate are from left to right: auditorium/gymnasium, school house, and Main building.
Excerpted from: "Nineteenth Biennial Report of the Superintendent of the Nebraska School for the Dear, Omaha, Nebraska" in First Biennial Report of the Board of Commissioners of State Institutions to the Governor and Legislature of the State of Nebraska for the Biennium Ending November 30, 1914 (Lincoln: Nebraska Board of Commissioners of State Institutions, 1914), plate between pp. 498-499
Historical Notes
The School for the Deaf was founded in 1869. As of December 1, 1912, the school housed 73 male and 89 female students; on November 30, 1914, 82 male and 86 female students were enrolled. Students, whose families lived close by, were encouraged to spend weekends at home. At the end of the biennium, about 31 percent of the students in attendance had been deaf since birth. Disease had caused deafness in most of the other students, the most common being spinal meningitis. Further information and statistics are available in the report.
