Graduating class, Licensed Practical Nurse program, 1959, in the Terrace Room of the Psychiatric Institute. The class comprises a majority of Black women, with five men (three White and two Black). The men are in the front row, squatting; the women stand in two rows.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Gelatin Silver Print
Acquisition
Accession
1998.3
Source or Donor
Emily Baker
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
donated by Emily Baker (1959)
Made/Created
Date made
1959
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Dimensions
Height
8 in
Width
10 in
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
Notes
photograph with some creasing.
Provenance
Notes
A copy of a photograph which Emily Baker has retained since graduating in September 1959. She identified each student and where they ended up working. On October 14, 1997, she stopped by to talk to Judy Blaisdell and Mary Corrigan Beth about her experience.
