276 Comments for Horace Mann School (KC)

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Makes you wonder what Model A, B & C looked like!
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All I know is they made us wear these stupid gowns for our high school graduation and I felt like a total idiot in mine. On the girls they didn't look too bad, but on the guys they looked ridiculous. Being the rebellious person I was, I threatened to not wear anything under mine!
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Ahhh, yes, wanderer - (saw, but was little uncertain, hahahaha)
- and for whom the bells tolls, too
for Mann school
May be it had a globe?
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Yeah, probably, Fla Gator and eldokid@aol.com - but previous picture: Is that a bell-like lamp?
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I agree with kj whole heartedly.
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Thanks, I always shoot in RAW format. The ability to adjust the white and color balances are a priority for me, plus it captures so much more color data... and disk space is cheap.
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Yes, they definitely could be graduation gowns; choir gowns just got stuck in my head after seeing all the religious ephemera left behind.
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Ah right, a high pressure system, thanks flushed!
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I really love the left behind writing on the chalk boards!
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Maybe the covers had to do with where certain classes sat for assemblies, or something like that.
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Great gallery again, thanks! BTW, do you shoot in JPG or in RAW?
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Bottom line of this one was the arson. I really like the arch above the front door.
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So many things that could have been auctioned off. And now just burned up. What a waste.
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If they are choir gowns they are better made than the cheapies used for graduation. And pretty pricy. Such a waste this whole building demonstrates.
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Probably had a cracked sound board before the fire got to it. Upright grand pianos do not like severe temperature changes or moisture.