Students are sitting at wooden desks looking at slides on a lantern slide projector in this 9-1/2' x 7-5/8" black and white photograph. A teacher is running the projector, and other teachers are watching. There are blackboards along the wall, with framed pictures hanging above them.
Hayward School was located at 1215 N. 9th Street in Lincoln, Nebraska, 1902-1981. This school was named for Monroe Leland Hayward, a prominent Nebraska City lawyer, farmer and stock raiser. The school was built in 1902 by contractor E.A. Stephens for $16,416.84.