The image shows McBurney, known as the "first paid secretary" of the YMCA, sitting at his desk at the 23rd Street YMCA sometime before 1898, the year of his death. The photo details include an elaborate heating radiator, a rolltop desk, flags, flyers and pictures on the walls and cabinets, a rug, two stuffed birds, candles, and possibly a gas lamp.
Created:
1894
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
