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Young Latino children at the Marcy Center playground
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Four young Latino children at the Marcy Center playground. They are students of the Marcy Center's playschool, and are identified (left to right) as Caroline, Anna, George, and Jorita.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Mrs. Elizabeth Marcy
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Portrait of Elizabeth Marcy, one of the founders of Marcy Center, standing next to a table holding a book.
Date:
c. 1890
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Boys leaving for camp from Marcy Center
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Boys boarding open trucks outside the Marcy Center building on their way to camp.
Date:
c. 1910
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Young servicemen with Marcy Center Superintendent Anna Heisted and Miss Campbell
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Group of fourteen young men, some of whom are Marcy Center staff members, seated with Marcy Center Superintendent Anna Heisted and Miss Campbell before they go off to serve in World War I. A row of trophies is in front of them.
Date:
c. 1916
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Children performing with Maypole at the Marcy Center
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Children and teenager performing around a Maypole with streamers in front of an audience in the playground area at the Marcy Center.
Date:
c. 1945
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Children from the Marcy Center Nursery School
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Group portrait of a class of children at the Marcy Center Nursery School.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Boys in front of Marcy Center
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Group of boys standing on a corner next to the three story brick building built in 1896 to house the Marcy Center.
Date:
c. 1900
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Nurses examining babies in a dispensary
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Two seated nurses examine a baby in a dispensary (probably Marcy Center Dispensary). Two women standing behind them also hold babies.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Teenager Rosie Drexler on Maxwell Street
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Local neighborhood teenager Rosie Drexler standing on Maxwell Street near a crate of fruit, with the market behind her. Drexler was a Jewish girl who considered Marcy Center her "second home". This photograph was used on the cover of "The Story of Marcy Center" pamphlet, authored by Drexler.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Marcy Center Superintendent Anna Heisted
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Marcy Center Superintendent Anna Heisted standing outside a building.
Date:
1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Children on teeter-totters in Marcy Center playground
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Children playing on teeter-totters in the Marcy Center playground. A teacher is standing behind the group, and neighborhood homes are visible in the background.
Date:
1938
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Children and adults waiting for transportation outside the Marcy Center
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Group of children and women dressed up for a trip to Arden Shore, wait for transportation on the sidewalk outside the Marcy Center.
Date:
c. 1900
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Children in Daily Vacation Bible School outside Marcy Center
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Large group of children enrolled in Daily Vacation Bible School outside Marcy Center with several adults. A sign for the school is visible, announcing a program of athletics, story hour, sewing, basketry, hammock and toy making, and wood and metal work.
Date:
c. 1915
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access

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