School children from McKinley School are standing outside holding wooden birdhouses in this 9-1/2" x 7-1/2" black and white photograph. A school pennant is flying on a pole above the children, who are standing on the edge of a brick street. The Nebraska state capitol building is visible behind them.
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.
