Photograph of a Cabbage Patch Settlement House Biblical Play, 1950s or 1960s
Item
Title
Photograph of a Cabbage Patch Settlement House Biblical Play, 1950s or 1960s
Subject
Description
Photograph of children and faculty at the Louisville, Kentucky Cabbage Patch Settlement House and arranged around a table; they appear to be replicating the last supper. They are in costume. The picture is not dated. In interviews, lifelong Cabbage Patch faculty member Roosevelt Chin claimed that the Cabbage Patch would put on multiple extravagant Bible story plays on holidays. These plays would be written by Roosevelt Chin and Mrs. John R. Green, who ran the Cabbage Patch Sewing School. Sceneries would by constructed by Roosevelt Chin and the Sewing School children; the costumes would be made from scraps collected from rummage sales by the Sewing School children.
Source
Cabbage Patch Settlement House Photograph Collection, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
Format
Type
Identifier
019PC48 folder 43
Collection
Citation
“Photograph of a Cabbage Patch Settlement House Biblical Play, 1950s or 1960s,” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed February 15, 2025, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/7019.
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