Scope and Content Note
B1692-00: Consists of materials originally exhibited by the Syracuse State School and later reconstructed by staff of the Syracuse Developmental Center museum. Images were presumably part of institutional exhibits held at an unknown time and place, and are all that remain from those exhibits.
One folder contains six mounted and captioned black-and-white photographs showing boys and girls of the Syracuse State School in various therapeutic, educational, and recreational settings. Photos apparently date from the 1950s, although there is no attribution.
Remaining materials are apparently part of an unrelated exhibit that traces the history of the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children (1891-1919). Included are 33 black-and-white photographs of buildings, grounds, classrooms, and other facilities of the institution. Images are mounted as groups of 4-6 and captioned.
Also present in the series is a large black-and-white photographic portrait of Dr. Hervey Wilbur, founder and long-serving superintendent of the institution.
B1692-12: This accretion consists of three photographs with captions and an article describing the observance of the One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the opening of the Syracuse Developmental Center.
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