Students standing in front of the school building, with a partial view of Assumption Church on the left; c. 1920s (Payne 19)

Members of school band posing on steps of the shool after winning a contest; photo dated April 26, 1932 (Corn Collection)

Frau Schmidt’s German class; identified students are Louise Meyer (Schlamp), Jacob Eichel, Edna Gampfer, William Miller, Nellie Hartman, Emil Wimpelburg, Edward Scholosky, Herbert Mann, Clarence Schepman, and Ester Bosse (Schnute); c. 1909 (Schlamp 3)

Photo dated 1900 (McCullough 3)

Kindergarten band; last names of students: Andreas, Weidner, Cortner, Welborn, Klamer, Hoy, Horn, Koenig, Lynch, Aschoff, Summers, Schulz, Jacobs, Brucken, Ohl, Butterworth, Rosenberg, and Latshaw; photo dated October 1919 (Hoover 1)

Unidentified students looking at plaque commemorating fallen Evansville World War I soldiers; photo dated January 14, 1921 (Knecht 4605)

Renovation of the school building in progress; c. 1925 (Meyer-Schlamp 962)

Children playing outside of the school; c. 1900 (Miscellaneous 1988)

May Day activities; c. 1940s-1950s (Carpenter School-Mundy Collection)

Students boarding bus for visit to Mesker Zoo; c. 1940s (Carpenter School-Mundy Collection)

Miss Augusta Schmidt, who retired from teaching in 1956, reads to her students; c. 1950s (Carpenter School-Mundy Collection)

Photo dated 1925 (Knecht 4607)

Early 1900s (Knecht 4748)

An elementary school that opened in 1876, the school served as the first campus of Indiana State University-Evansville (now the University of Southern Indiana) before it relocated to its present site; photo dated April 9, 1965 (Knecht 321)

Located on Twelfth Avenue between Indiana and Illinois streets; c. 1920 (Knecht 4755)

Built in 1901 and renamed Stanley Hall School by 1915; c. early 1900s (Marchand 1331)

Later named Chestnut-Walnut School; early 1900s

Built in 1874 at 601 W. Columbia (razed in 1979); c. 1979 (Marchand 390)

Students dancing on playground; c. 1920s (Knecht 2041)

1924-1925 basketball champions (Meyer-Schlamp 27)

“Pilgrims” sipping tea in a Thanksgiving play; c. 1930 (Knecht 4622)

Photo undated (Knecht 4617)

700 N. Garvin; c. 1920 (Knecht 4745)

C. 1920 (Knecht 4741)

Parish school from 1890-1911, now part of the Emanuel Lutheran Church at First Ave. and W. Franklin St.; photo dated 1983 (5PC-137)

African-American students participating in exercises, probably at Bosse Field; photo dated 1921

Virginia Edwards (second from left, back row) and her second-grade class at Fort Branch, IN; photo dated 1925 (Shultz 6)

C. 1920s (Knecht 4740)

400 Fulton Avenue; closed and razed in 1973 (Miscellaneous 1674)

Harper School students pose in front of their school building; two identified students are Frances Kash (Grade 4) and Gladys Kash (Grade 3). Photo dated 1930-1931 (Oversized Photo Collection)

Photo dated 1923 (Knecht 702)

Photo dated January 1921 (Knecht 4616)

1230 E. Illinois St.; c. 1920 (Knecht 4756)

C. 1920s (Knecht 4613)

South view; c. 1914 (McCutchan 2)

Original door built by the Harmony Society in 1822; c. 1920s (Knecht 3960)

Owensville, IN; c. 1920s (Knecht 5081)

Classroom led by Miss Josephone Herpolsheimer; c. 1939 (Meier 3)

C. 1915 (Knecht 1283)

Parkersburg Settlement, Posey County, IN; photo dated February 1, 1992 (Marchand 1396)

Photo dated March 1903 (McCullough 20)

C. 1915 (Knecht 1282)

Parade float; early 1900s (Hahn 10)

Originally named Chandler School because of its location on E. Chandler Avenue; c. 1920 (Knecht 4735)

Early 1900s (Walden 1865)

Behind the school (at left) is the East Branch Carnegie Library in Bayard Park; c. 1915 (Knecht 872)

C. 1940s (VC 18)

Old School No. 1 on Harmony Way; photo dated October 1984 (6PC 31)

SE Fourth Street at Mulberry Street, looking towards Third Street; c. 1920 (Knecht 4759)

310 Mulberry St.; oldest public school in Evansville and originally named Canal Street School; seen here in 1955; razed c. 1972 (Miscellaneous 1675)