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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 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 Class
circa 1890s
The students of the "school on the hill" in the 1890s.
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.
Derby School bus
1940s
Frank Simonsen was the bus driver for the Derby School bus in the 1940s.
Derby School Board members
circa 1920s
Three members of the Derby School Board. The man in the middle is Wirt Larimer, grandfather of Helen Smith Parish.
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 of 1912
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: Anna Costin, John Yungmeyer, Esther Shockey, Marie Dixon, Maurice Waugh, Vera Foley, Walter Schwartz, Nellie England, and Maude Miller
Not pictured: Verne Jones
Derby School
circa late 1920s
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.
Derby School
circa early 1920s
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…
The previous building was torn down after a violent storm severely damaged it in…