Group portrait of attendees at a meeting of the Los Angeles City Teachers' Institute at the State Normal School building, 1886

Photograph of a group portrait of attendees at a meeting of the Los Angeles City Teachers' Institute at the State Normal School building, 1886. About 45 people are standing, kneeling or sitting in front of the brick building behind them. The women wear dark colored dresses with high necks, while the men standing in the back wear suits. One man is visible sitting in a chair at left, while two women appear to be facing each other and conversing towards the front.