dc1968

curated project commemorating the 50th anniversary of 1968 in dc

dedicated to bobby r. hale
24 feb 1968 & dc teachers college #2

24 feb 1968 & dc teachers college #2

#OTD-ish Saturday 24 February 1968 Nurse Eloise Ellis examines Jean Stryjewski, a student  at DC Teachers College (2565 Georgia Avenue, NW). Nurse Ellis, along with Dr. Claire Christman, staffed Health Services at DCTC. Here she takes Ms. Stryjewski's blood pressure.

Nurse Ellis was also a member of the Sigma Theta Tau nursing honor society and the Alpha chapter of the Chi Eta Phi nursing sorority.

Please comment below. Do you remember Nurse Ellis? Do you remember Jean Stryjewski? Were you a nurse in 1968? You may comment privately here.

Photo source: Courtesy Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University. Youth Pride Papers, Box 1, Folder 66 Brochures. DC Teachers College Collegeable Program brochure, February 1968. photographer unknown.
Eloise Pleasant Ellis obituary, Washington Post 1 November 1998

25 feb 1968 & association for the preservation and presentation of the arts

25 feb 1968 & association for the preservation and presentation of the arts

23 feb 1968 & etta horn

23 feb 1968 & etta horn