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Photographs of Pugh School 1910 and 1956.

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Photographs of Pugh School Building. Some photos were taken by George Baker in 1910.

Tags: 12/6/1956, 3/14/1910, Aerial View, automobiles, Buildings, Children, Decatur IL., Decatur Public Schools, George Baker, Photo File: Schools, Pugh School, Pugh School Area, Schools

Group Photos of Teachers Standing in Front of Oglesby School.

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Group Photo of Teachers in Front of Oglesby School. Mrs. Lena B. Higdon is second from the left in the front row.

Tags: Decatur IL., Decatur Public Schools, Group Photo, Lena B Higdon, Oglesby, Photo File: Schools, Schools, Teachers

Henry J. "Dutch" Harold - Roosevelt Junior High School Coach

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This is the glass negative of Henry J. "Dutch" Harold, a coach at Roosevelt Junior High School. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios around 1930.

Tags: c. 1930, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, coach, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Schools, Glass Negative, Henry J. "Dutch" Harold, man, negative, Roosevelt Junior High School, Wasson Studios

Photographs Durfee School Kindergarten Class

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Photographs of Children in Kindergarten Class at Durfee School, 1941.

Tags: 5/20/1941, Decatur IL., Decatur Public Schools, Durfee School, Kindergarten, Schools, Students

Photographs of Durfee School and H. B. Durfee

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Photograph of first Durfee School Building, School with addition and H. B. Durfee.

Tags: 1015/1934, 1892, 1910, building, Decatur Public Schools, Durfee School, H. B. Durfee, Herald and Review, Schools, Students

Lee D. Pigott's Oral History #2

This is the second oral history of Lee D. Pigott. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell in June 1982. The interview includes his time as a minister.

Lee D. Pigott's Interview #1

This is the oral history of Lee D. Pigott. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on January 30, 1978. The interview includes his youth and his teaching career.

Tags: 1978, AB degree, Ada Holtwick Caudle Pigott, aluminum scrap drive, Antoinette County KS, apprenticeship, Armistice Day, aviation mechanic, basketball, Betty Turnell, boys' club, cabinet making, car repair man, Carpenter's Union, Centennial Junior High School, Charles Lee, childhood, Christmas program, Christopher Wren tower, corporal punishment, counseling departments, Cy Gentry, Decatur Board of Education, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Kiwanis Club, Decatur Public Schools, Dennis School, distributive education, diversified occupations, Dr. Cameron Harmon, Dr. Lloyd Trump, Durfee School, Durfee School principal, Enlistment, farmhand, fathers' club, forced retirement, Ford Foundation, Gaither farm, Gastman School, Great Lakes Naval Academy, growth pattern, gymnasium, high school diploma, ice wagon, Illinois Junior High School Association, industrial education, interview, janitor, January 1978, Kansas, Kansas City MO, Ku Klux Klan, Lebanon IL, Lee D. Pigott, Lee Decatur Pigott, Lincoln School, Little 19 Basketball Tournament, Logan School, machinist, Malleable Iron Company, manual training, Mary W. French School, master's degree, Mayor, McKendree College Academy, Methodist Church, Millikin University, Miss Elizabeth Crowder, Mobile and Ohio shop, mothers' club, Mr. Jones, Murphysburo IL, Naval Aviation, North Central Association, Oakland Junior High School, Oakland School, Oke Summers, Oklahoma, Old Clothes Day, oral history, Pekin IL, Pekin Starch, Pfeifer, Pines Community Center, Principal, PTA, quitting school, R.S.W. McDavid, Railroad YMCA, recording, Roosevelt Junior High School, Spanish flu, staff utilization, Superintendent Engleman, Third United Brethren Church, Torrence Park, truancy, Ulrich School, University of Illinois, vocational automobile mechanics, vocational building trades, vocational cabinet making, vocational drafting, vocational electricity, vocational sheet and metal, vocational work, Warren School, wheat harvest crews, wooden paddle, Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, Woodworking, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII, YMCA, young people's group

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