Three girls and two boys from McKinley School are standing in a garden holding gardening tools in this 5-1/4" x 3-1/8" black and white photograph. There are houses and other buildings in the background. The garden has a wooden sign that reads: "McKinley School Garden, Please do not Disturb the Children's Flowers".
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.
