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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,…

Tags: Alice Eileen Shockey, Alice Hopkins, Augusta Ball, Bernard Swaney, Bertha Wear, Cecil Goeldner, Clarence Charles Goeldner, Clarence Gass, Clarence Hamilton, Clifton Hall, Daisy Fulk, Dallie Spencer, Dean Wake, Derby Historical Museum, Derby School, Derby School District #6, Deva Brown, Dollie Freeman, Dorothy Gass, Dorothy Sickler, Ed Baughman, Ed Thoman, Edwin Gross, Ella Jane Pittman Roseberry, Elma Hopkins, Emmett Bloom, Ethel Thoman, Everett Dale Gass, Fern Asmer, Fern Mohr Goodin, Florence Schwartz, Floyd Brian, Floyd Jones, Forrest Pittman, Forrest Troy, Frances Carr, Frances Willa Shockey Kersting, Frank Sickler, Freda Alley, Geneva Gass, Gertrude Parrish, Gladys Masterson, Gladys Parrish, Glen Marvin Mohr, Grace Weston, Grant Rosenstiel, Hagel Ball, Harold C. Mohr, Harold R. Lawless, Henrie LaVerne Schneider, Henry Pittman, Herbert Gass, Howard Jones, Howard Lawless, James De Loss Alley, James Masterson, James Riley Hopkins, John Albert Lauber Sr., John Cornelius "Neal" Pittman, John F. Masterson, John Rick, Kathryn Braden, Lawrence Burnell, Lawrence Gass, Lee Spencer, Lloyd Casement, Louise Sickler, Mabel Lawless, Margaret Burnell, Margaret Lucy Garrett, Marjorie Jones, Mary Brunell, Mary Mava Brown Swaney, Maurine Jennie Dunshee McNabb Allison, Maurine Mohr Holt, Mildred Margaurite Larrimer Smith, Nealy Gardner, Nellie Sence Butterfield, Neva Hopkins, Nina Gass, Olga Lauber Hiskey, Opal Troy, Orpha Irene Brian Williams, Pearl Sawin, Professor Daniels, Raymond Jones, Raymond Rosenstiel, Robert Dunshee, Rosa Unknown, Ruth Frey, Ruth Gay Masterson, Ruth Sawin, Thelma Larrimer, Tony Unknown, Unknown Jones, Vara Spencer, Vera Lawless, Verva Lucile Alley Thoma Osterhaus, Virgie Troy, Virgil Miller, Wilma Hopkins, Winifred Jones, Zetha Owen

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;…

Tags: Agnes Masterson, Alice Swaney, Arthur Ehrenhardt Owen, Bessie May "Betty" Swaney Shaffer, Blanche Minnie Schweitzer Dooley, Butch Ewing, Carl Miller, Carl R. Schweitzer, Cecil Warren Bassett, Chelsie Everett Dameron, Clarence Charles Goeldner, Deane Ross Jones, Derby High School, Derby Historical Museum, Derby School, Derby School District #6, Dora Lenora Life, Dorothy Sickler, Edward Garrett Hamilton, Edwin S. Gross, Edwin T. Shorey, Elgar Lancelot Church, Ella Jane Pittman Roseberry, Emma Louella Church Hart, Esther Molly Grother Griffin, Ethel Ruby Braddy Busch, Eugene Russel, Everett Dale Gass, Frederick Ray Kramberg, Garnett Helen Life Alley, Gwendolyn Ruth High Young, Harold R. Lawless, Harry George Summers, Helen Kavalyn High Waldt, Henrie LaVerne Schneider, James De Loss Alley, James Riley Hopkins, Jewell Williams, John Albert Lauber Sr., John Cornelius "Neal" Pittman, John F. Masterson, John J. "Jack" Boylan, John Willis "J. W." Swaney, Joseph Lyall Rich, Kitty May, L. Mack Wainscott, Lawrence Boylan, Lawrence William Life, Lela Belle Williams Mohr, Leo Carl Dyer, LeOra May Dyer McKee, Lottcheu Lipp, Louis Kirby, Lowell Mitchell, Luella Pearl Williamson Rick, Madge Dixon Swaney, Margaret Lucy Garrett, Margaret Scarth, Mary Mava Brown Swaney, Mary Sue Williams, Maurine Jennie Dunshee McNabb Allison, Merle Frederick Mohr, Mr. Clark, Murrell Adrain Ward, Myrtle Alice Smart, Myrtle Parrish, Nellie Russell, Opal Ruth Braddy Curtis, Orie F. Watson, Orpha Irene Brian Williams, Pearl Ina Braddy Busch, postcard, Rachel Faye Turkle, Ralph Manford Jones, Ralph Rich, Ray Wier, Roland Nevins Hotsapillar, Ruth Gay Masterson, Ruth May Means Bassett, Ruth Sawin, school, Thelma Jane Church Moore, Thelma Kessinger, Thelma Leona Rippel, Theodore Pitman, Verva Lucile Alley Thoma Osterhaus

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…

Tags: Butch Ewing, Derby High School, Derby Historical Museum, Derby School, Derby School District #6, postcard, school

Derby School
circa late 1920s

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.

Tags: Derby High School, Derby Historical Museum, Derby School, Derby School District #6, school, slide, Tony Gonzalez

Derby Historical Museum
circa 2000s

590A Historical Museum 2000s KN Dropbox.jpg

Tags: Derby Historical Museum, Derby School, Derby School District #6, USD 260

Farmers and Merchants State Bank
26 January 1917

The Farmers and Merchants State Bank was opened in 1907 and in this building 1916-1955.

Postcard:

Left side of postcard:

Jan. 26 - 17

Dear Grace and David,

Rec’d your letter this morning

We are all O.K. I have got a touch of sick…

Tags: bank, Clyde A. Sawin, David Bearden, Derby Historical Museum, Farmers & Merchants Bank, Grace Myra Sawin Bearden, Lulu Chance Sawin, Mary Lauber Dameron, postcard

Main Street of Derby (Baltimore)
looking north
circa early 1910s

1683 Main Street Photo 1910s Butch Ewing.jpg

Main Street in Derby was actually Baltimore. This photo is looking north on Baltimore circa early 1910s.

Left side of the back of the first postcard:
Dear Margaret and all,
Am sending just a post card, am ashamed I haven’t written you but I have…

Tags: A. O. Anderson, Baltimore Avenue, Butch Ewing, Danish, Derby Historical Museum, El Paso, Lulu Beebe, Lulu Chance Sawin, Margaret Ann Miller Beebe, postcard, R. N. Jorgensen, Street Scenes, Tony Gonzalez