Social Settlements: United States. Iowa. Des Moines. "Roadside Settlement House": Roadside Settlement House, Des Moines, Iowa.: In the Gymnasium

ID: 328 ~ Source: Series/Book Title: Social Museum Collection, Harvard Art Museums ~ Creator: Unidentified ~ Date: 1903
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Social Settlements: United States. Iowa. Des Moines. "Roadside Settlement House": Roadside Settlement House, Des Moines, Iowa.: In the Gymnasium
Harvard Art Museums

Photograph of school age children from a display board. All in dresses standing side by side in a gymnasium. Adult woman standing on left behind children.

Additional Information

Subject

Civic Organizations

Contributor

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Social Museum Collection

Format

Photograph

Type

Image
This file appears in: Roadside Settlement House

By DMPL Team
People passing by the large brick building at Southeast Seventh and Scott Avenue in Des Moines may not realize the significance of this structure.  For more than 50 years it was the home of the Roadside Settlement House. Founded in 1896 by the Kings…