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Derby School
circa early 1920s

14A Derby High School 1920s Butch Ewing.jpg

The school building was the first brick building in Derby and cost $15,000 to build. The new building only lasted six years before a fire gutted it in May 1923.

The previous building was torn down after a violent storm severely damaged it in…

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Derby High School Students
circa 1924 - 1925 school year

2101 Derby High School all students 1924 - 1925 school year 1924 Inv. 23-080098 unknown donor _ museumMuseum.jpg

From left to right:
Some of the names are misspelled and the corrected spelling is in parenthesis.

Fifth row (back row):
Murrell Ward '26; Murrell Mohr (Merle Mohr) '27; Everett Gass '26; Cecil Basset (Cecil Bassett) '27; Elgar Church '27;…

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Derby High School and Grade School Students
circa 1920

The Derby High School and Grade School students in 1920 standing in front of the third Derby school building.

Front row: Geneva Gass, Fern Mohr, Elma Hopkins, Freda Alley, Olga Lauber, Mary Brunell, Dorothy Gass, Vara Spencer, Cecil Goeldner,…

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