Rows of iron-frame twin beds line the wooden floors of a large room in this 6-1/2" x 4" black and white plate. The beds are made up with a thin mattress and one pillow. Windows are visible on three walls and a small table with a flower-filled vase sits in the center of the isle.
Contributors
Nebraska. Board of Commissioners of State Institutions
Excerpted from: "Thirteenth Biennial Reports of the Superintendent of the Girls' Industrial School" In Second 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, 1916 (Lincoln: Nebraska Board of Commissioners of State Institutions, 1914), plate between pp. 152-153.
Historical Notes
From November 30, 1914, through November 30, 1916, 191 "delinquent" girls spent some time in the Industrial Home.
