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1916 Hudson automobile owned by Chris Mohr

Back of the postcard (left side):

Wish you a Marry Xmas & a Happy New Year -
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Simonsen
R. #1

(right side):

Mr. & Mrs. Chris Mohr
Derby
Kansas

Mary Weston's house was moved into town on Georgie. Possibly 420 N. Georgie

The 1911 Derby High School Yearbook shows a photo of 12 while Evelyn's photo shows 8.

The yearbook lists 6 names (no particular order): Verne Jones, Maurice Waugh, Thomas Braden, Oscar Yungmeyer, Franklin Carlton, and Walter Schwartz.

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

Left to right: Franklin "Bud" Carlton, Walter Schwartz, Marion Smith, and Oscar Yungmeyer

Standing (left to right) in front of the Derby depot in the early 1910s: Tom Frey, Oscar Yungmeyer, and Franklin Carlton.

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…

The flooding of the Arkansas River onto the Oaklawn Field in 1917.

Harvest time near the Arkansas River in 1917 on the Carlton farm (located in what is now Oaklawn).