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Physical Cultral Class.

A brown tinted photograph of seventeen young women and one young man in a gymnastics class. Eight of the women are wearing European peasant costumes of long dark skirts, white blouses, and white caps with a starched wing on each side. The other nine are wearing dark skirts, white blouses, a figures neckerchief, and a knit cap. The lone man is wearing a dark business suit. He was identified as Mr. Otto Rost, an instructor from the Manual Training Department of Lawrence High School. The group is believed to be from the Turnverein, as the photo's background resembles the one in the hall.

The women are identified as: Top Row, L. to R., unidentified, Rosa Albert, Clara Rost, Niemeyer, unidentified, Ellen Wiedemann. Second Row, L. to R., Lena Heck Sitz, Emma Houk, Mary (Mrs. John H.) Houk, Otto Rost, unidentified, Margaret LaVan, others are unidentified.

This item was donated to the Watkins Community Museum by Ms. Louise Albert Mueller, and is presently available for viewing at the Spencer Research Library at The University of Kansas.

Related links:
Class in uniforms
Class is classic costume
Earlier girls gymnastics class
Type: image
Project: WJHS Grant
Temporal coverage: c. 1916
Spacial coverage: Lawrence, KS - Turnverein, located at Ninth and Rhode Island Streets
Creator: Squires of Lawrence
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