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  • Collection: Photo File: Schools

Photograph of the Agora Society

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Photograph of Decatur High School's Agora Society, a literary society, taken in the west end of Fairview Park in the spring of 1914.

Photograph of the Dennis School building

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Photograph of the Dennis School building taken in 1910. Dennis School served the children of the west side for nearly 45 years before a new addition was constructed; this is how the building looked when it was being built in 1910. The school replaced…

Photograph of the Dennis School Building Site

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Photograph of the Dennis School building site taken in 1909 shortly before the school was built. This house once stood where the Dennis building now stands and this area used to be on the very edge of town, practically in the woods. Land on which the…

Photographs of the Durfee School Nursery and Kindergarten

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Photographs of the Durfee School nursery and kindergarten taken on May 20th, 1941.

Photograph of Melvin B. Rucker and his Corn Judging Class

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Photograph of Melvin B. Rucker and his corn judging class from the Decatur Farmer's Institute taken in 1910.

Photograph of old Lincoln Schoolhouse

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Photograph of Lincoln schoolhouse, which was located five miles north of Blue Mound and 4 miles west of Boody. This building was destroyed by fire February 20th, 1939.