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432 Mock family 1896 Alma Baker.jpg
Front row (left to right): Jacob David Mock and his wife Ann Elizabeth (Hitchcock) Mock.

Back row (left to right): Billie Mock, Sarah (Mock) Goodacre, Mahala (Mock) Baker, and Abe Mock.

Printout of original photo

285 Christian Mohr family 1890s Maurine Holt.jpg
Christian Mohr and his wife Mary moved from El Paso, Illinois to El Paso, Kansas in the early 1880s.

Back row: Christian "Chris" Mohr, Mary (Horn) Mohr, Katherine "Katie" (Mohr) Pond, and Albertus "Bert or Bertie" Mohr.

Front row: Evangeline…

261 Derby School Class Feb 1899 Genev Reed.jpg
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.

108 Craig House 1893 Debbie Avenell.jpg
The Craig house pictured in 1893 was located on Clifton north of 47th St, where the Oaklawn Learning Center is. The house burned down after standing for over 100 years.

Pictured (left to right): Major Turpin, Lilly Craig, Maude Pearl Craig, Mary…

104 Charles Carlton House 1899 Debbie Avenell.jpg
Charles Carlton’s house pictured in 1899 located on the southwest corner of 55th and Oliver. Pictured (left to right): a hired hand, Carrie Hotspillar Carlton, Franklin Carlton, Opal Carlton, and Charles Carlton.

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The Carlton family came to Derby in 1871 and built a house located on Oliver between 47th and 55th on the west side. The family is pictured in 1894 (left to right): Lucinda Blevins Carlton (in the background), Franklin S. Carlton, Lilly Belle Craig,…

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This is the second school building for Derby but the first one built on the current site of the Derby Historical Museum. The two story wood frame structure cost $2,600 when it was built in 1886 and was later destroyed by a tornado or wind storm in…

858 Evangelical Church postcard January 1888 MAUMC.jpg
Front of the postcard is addressed to:

Rev. H. S. Bower
Derby Kan.

Back of the postcard:

Dear Rev. Bower

I herewith thankfully acknowledge the receipt of $12 int. due on Derby Church Sep 15th (18) 87.

Yours,
W. Yost

Jan. 3 (18)88
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