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Photograph of a Cabbage Patch Settlement House Biblical Play, 1950s or 1960s

Item

019PC48_F43_001.jpg

Title

Photograph of a Cabbage Patch Settlement House Biblical Play, 1950s or 1960s

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

Date

Identifier

019PC48 folder 43

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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