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1. Goldsberry collection of open-air school photographs

   ca. 2,500 items ; mostly 36 x 44 cm. or smaller.. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Photographs show open-air schools in many countries, chiefly the United States. Includes facilities designed for tubercular, anemic, deaf and blind children, as well as those with no medical challenges. Montessori methods, furniture, and toys in use. Some old one-room schoolhouses. Washington-area images include open-air education at Mackin playground in Georgetown; and Black students at Miner Normal School learning to brush their teeth.