Bernice Letzkus at St. Francis Gardens Day Care Center

Photographer Associated Press (founded 1846)

Date1984

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions10 3/4 × 7 1/4 in. (27.3 × 18.4 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker

Object numberPA2021.024.037

DescriptionSmall children gather around Bernice Letzkus and her wheelchair in a preschool classroom at St. Francis Gardens Day Care Center at 904 Las Lomas Road Northeast in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Nathan Levois hands her a toy while another child plays with the wheel on her chair. There are more children playing on the floor at her feet and another child turned around while sitting in a high chair by a door in the background. A caption on the back reads, "Bernice Letzkus, 68, though confined to a wheelchair, manages to play each day with her “adopted” child, 22-month-old Nathan Levois (center, handing her a toy) at the St. Francis Gardens Day Care Center in Albuquerque. The connecting nursing home and child care center have an unusual program which allows the elderly and the children to have daily contact."

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