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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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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…

403A Star School Wehrman.jpg
Students of Star School on the last day of school June 4, 1915.

386A Springcreek School March 1917 Wehrman.jpg
Students at Spring Creek school around March 1917

84 School Building 3rd one 1920s Tony Gonzalez.jpg
The building was built in March of 1924 and served as elementary and high school through spring of 1952. Currently (2021) the Derby Historical Museum is housed in the building.

207A School postcard 1910s Terri McDaniels.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…

209A School house 1900s Terri McDaniels.jpg
Derby School

Back of postcard:

postmarked Derby Kansas Aug. 20 1909 5pm

On the left side:

This is the Derby high school. Robert is not at home so we will not yet get to see him. Clarence has grown to be quite a boy. Took all of their…

126 Class of 1912 Evelyn Kersting.jpg
Derby School Class of 1912

Left to right: Anna Costin, John Yungmeyer, Esther Shockey, Marie Dixon, Maurice Waugh, Vera Foley, Walter Schwartz, Nellie England, and Maude Miller

Not pictured: Verne Jones
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