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A glimpse inside the Derby school on Feb. 24, 1899. The teacher was J. W. Swaney. If you look close at the chalkboard, the class was learning about the sense of smell.

This school building was destroyed in in 1903 by a tornado.

Farmers working on stacking hay on the Cherry farm circa 1919.

Mr. Foley, Lyle Cherry, and Mr. Eck stacking hay on the Cherry farm circa 1919.

Alex Cherry, Mr. Foley (on the stack), and Lyle Cherry at the Cherry farm circa 1919

The neighborhood farm women would get together and have a picnic at the Cherry family farm. The get togethers stopped about two years ago (2016).

In the photo taken in 1919 they were dressing up for fun. Ada Cherry is on the far left; Dorothy…

A group of people at the Cherry farm in 1919. Robert Alexander Cherry is the second from the left and his daughter-in-law Laura (Woodman) Cherry is the second from the right.

Members of the Derby Presbyterian Church in 1919

Frankie Cherry (left) and Mrs. Bell in 1919 on the Cherry farm.

The Cherry family home burnt down around 1928 due to a fire starting in the coal furnace in the basement. The farm is located at 95th and Woodlawn.