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[Canning Plant Exterior]

Description: Photograph of the exterior view of the Gebhardt Canning Plant. A single door entrance with a roof awning can be seen to the left along with three windows. A sign beside the door directing readers to an office can be seen. Two trucks are parked next to a loading dock to the right, and a building sign that reads "canning plant" can be partially seen in the right background.
Date: March 18, 1957
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Children Leaving School]

Description: Photograph of a line of children leaving a school building while their teacher stands in the door. They are walking down a concrete sidewalk, lined by a brick wall on the left side, with stones, saplings, and a bench lining the right. The school building is a brick, single-story, postwar design.
Date: 1957~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Children Playing on Sculpture]

Description: Photograph of three children playing on a sculpture of a giraffe, while three more children interact by a bench to their left. Behind them is a single-story, postwar brick school building. The ground is a wide, concrete walkway, lined with white stones and saplings. Dewey Mears' shadow is visible in the center-foreground. In the far-right background some tree branches obscure a nearby house.
Date: 1957~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Covered Yard]

Description: Photograph of a covered yard or garden area. The roof is partially open with timbers and spaced wooden panels. The yard is partly gravel, partly concrete, with islands of dirt with short trees and foliage. In the center-right foreground is a wooden table with chair; on the table is an assortment of fruit and some cups on a tray. The yard is surrounded by the walls of the house with windows and an open door.
Date: 1957~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Dining Room]

Description: Photograph of a dining room at a restaurant or club. Rows of wooden tables with four chairs each are set up throughout the room. The right and rear walls are lined with booths. The floor is carpeted and the walls are a mix of tile and blue-painted brick.
Date: 1957~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Dorm Lobby]

Description: Photograph of the interior lobby of Goodall Wooten Dorm. In the foreground, three chairs can be seen around a dark bench or table. A large plant can be seen to the left in the background along with a chair against the back wall. In the right side background, cubicle-like structure can be seen behind a column. More plants and chairs can be seen in front of a large window to the left.
Date: February 8, 1957
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Elementary Schoolchildren]

Description: Photograph of 19 children sitting at tables in a elementary school. In the left background, a poster board hangs from a brick wall, with a small table beneath it and two large metal cabinets to its right. The board and the cabinets are covered in children's drawings. In the center and right background is a wall with a door on the left side, followed by a blackboard, various posters and drawings, and a desk. Above both walls are a set of windows, some with stickers on them.
Date: 1957~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Empty Lounge Area]

Description: Photograph of a lounge area in a building of postwar-design, outside of which is a pool visible through windows in the left background. The lobby is set up around four large couches, among which are wooden tables and chairs. A painting hangs on the wall in center background; in the right background is a piano.
Date: 1957~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
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