Bailey Gatzert School PTA officers, Seattle, 1946

The leaders of the Parent Teacher Association at Bailey Gatzert School reflected the diverse backgrounds of the student body. In the late 1940s, the school children were 10 percent Chinese American, 20 percent African American, 5 percent Filipino American, 27 percent Japanese American, and 35 percent European American, with 3 percent Native American.

Caption slip identified officers as Minnie Beach, teacher and 2nd vice-president; Ruth Chinn, treasurer; Pearlie Jones, 1st vice-president; Mutsu Homma, secretary; and Mrs. Robert Duwe, president.

Photographer: Seattle Post-Intelligencer Staff Photographer

Image Date: 1946

Image Number: PI25782

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