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012_West High School

012_West High School

In 1859 the Des Moines school district, previously one entity, fractioned off into wards. West High School was in the Fourth Ward. On July 1, 1864 the board voted to open the high school. West was the largest high school in Iowa. It moved to the…
Des Moines

Des Moines

Views of various churches, parks, intersections and buildings throughout Des Moines.
Are the schools too small or the families too big? (Bottom): What's so wonderful about big families if you can't afford food and education?

Are the schools too small or the families too big? (Bottom): What's so wonderful about big families if you can't afford food and education?

Untitled.

Untitled.

School house, Humboldt, Iowa, late 1890s or early 1900s

School house, Humboldt, Iowa, late 1890s or early 1900s

School house, Humboldt, Iowa, late 1890s or early 1900s

School house, Humboldt, Iowa, late 1890s or early 1900s

Drewelowe's journals, volumes II-III, 1950s

Drewelowe's journals, volumes II-III, 1950s

Manuscripts on teaching drawing by Charles A. Cumming, Nov. 22, 1926

Manuscripts on teaching drawing by Charles A. Cumming, Nov. 22, 1926

Given to Eve Drewelowe by Cumming.
Friendship memories of school days, 1933-1936

Friendship memories of school days, 1933-1936

Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Corrie (Birkby's maiden name); chronicles her high school years, which began in Prairie City, continued in Waukee, and ended with graduation from Sidney High School.
Schoolchildren, Siberia, 1944

Schoolchildren, Siberia, 1944

Henry Wallace is visible in bottom 2 pictures.
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