Browse Items (70 total)
Sort by:
Dr. Ralph L. Bontrager
Superintendent 1958 - 1966
High School Principal 1952 - 1956
Assistant Superintendent 1956 - 1958
Superintendent 1958 - 1966
(He was superintendent under Derby School District #6 and Unified School District 260. The unification of school districts went into effect for Derby…
Assistant Superintendent 1956 - 1958
Superintendent 1958 - 1966
(He was superintendent under Derby School District #6 and Unified School District 260. The unification of school districts went into effect for Derby…
Derby School
circa 1890
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…
Derby School class
circa early 1890s
Lower Row (sitting): 1. unknown, 2. Earl Austin, 3. Hal Stafford, 4. Jonnie Hadley, 5. Arthur Hamilton, 6. Willie McNeill, 7. Barney Hogan, 8. Archie Wardell, 9. John Seneger, 10. Bayard Braden
Second Row (sitting): 1. unknown, 2. Louise Gerteis,…
Second Row (sitting): 1. unknown, 2. Louise Gerteis,…
Derby School Classroom
Feb. 24, 1899
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.
This school building was destroyed in in 1903 by a tornado.
Derby School Class
circa 1890s
A Derby School class in the 1890s outside the second schoolhouse for Derby, located at the current site of the Derby Historical Museum.
