American School students, 1933
Title
American School students, 1933
Subject
one-room schoolhouses
Macon County (Ill.)
Maroa (Ill.)
Rural schools
Description
American School students in 1933. Back row, left to right: Herman Gardner, Florence Longsdorff, Roy Daggett, Lola Barnett Clapp, teacher, Glen Query, Kenneth Riley.
Front row: Edwin Daggett, Laure Ellen Hill, Jo Ann Longsdorff, Eugene Hill, Bobby Daggett, Earl Riley, Wesley Gardner.
The American School, built in 1874, was located three miles east of Maroa. The school was consolidated into the Maroa-Forsyth School District in 1948 and closed after the 1950-1951 school year. In 1952, the schoolhouse was sold and moved a quarter of a mile to be used as a farm toolshed.
Front row: Edwin Daggett, Laure Ellen Hill, Jo Ann Longsdorff, Eugene Hill, Bobby Daggett, Earl Riley, Wesley Gardner.
The American School, built in 1874, was located three miles east of Maroa. The school was consolidated into the Maroa-Forsyth School District in 1948 and closed after the 1950-1951 school year. In 1952, the schoolhouse was sold and moved a quarter of a mile to be used as a farm toolshed.
Publisher
Rural schools of Macon County. (1978). (F. S. White, Ed.). Macon County Historical Society (32).
Date
1933
Format
JPG
Identifier
2023-1004
Original Format
black and white photo
Files
Collection
Citation
“American School students, 1933,” MF School Archives, accessed May 2, 2024, https://mftest.omeka.net/items/show/13.
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