School children from McKinley School are posing on the lawn in front of the science building of Lincoln High School in this 6-3/4" x 4-3/4" black and white photograph. The students in the back row are standing, and the students in the front row are sitting. Several of them are holding pieces of paper with cut-out silhouettes on them. The brick building behind them has "Science Hall" painted above the door.
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.
