Class of 1910
Date: About 1910
Description: School picture. Dorothy Murphy is third from left in checkered dress. Tall boy in back is Dewey Smith.
Reproduced with permission of June Reger.
Murphy Family
Date: About 1919
Description: Pictured are Velma, Etta, and Dorothy Murphy. Originally printed as a postcard.
Reproduced with permission of June Reger.
Powell's Store
Lois Wilkinson Davis
Date: About 1920
Description: Pictured is Lois Wilkinson Davis enjoying the rushing waters of Conley Creek. Lois was the mother of Louise Mathison of Alderpoint.
Reproduced with permission of Veltha Coleman.
Blocksburg Church, 1920
Date: 1920
Description: Although Blocksburg officially became a town when the post office was established in 1877, the first church wasn’t built until 1899. It was doomed from the start. Built by a Methodist minister named William Jensen, it was destroyed by fire the night before the dedication and before any services were ever held. With the help of the community, however, it was rebuilt on the present site and dedicated September 8, 1901. This photograph was taken in 1920.
Reproduced with permission of the Blocksburg Town Hall Association.
Threshing Machine
Date: 1910
Description: Pictured is a threshing machine. Ernest M. Durnford is also pictured, but the other figures are unidentified.
Reproduced with permission of Wes Johnson.
Durnford Family
Date: 1912
Description: Pictured are Jim, Doris, Lovell, and Lucille Durnford. The photo was originally printed as a postcard.
Reproduced with permission of Wes Johnson.
Jameson Girl
Date: Probably early 1900s
Description: Pictured is a Jameson girl.
Date: 1905
Description: Pictured are three pages from a souvenir pamphlet printed for Emma Swithenbank’s 1905 class at the Blocksburg School. A. Mclean, W.S. Curless, and J.M. Kees are listed as trustees.
Students are listed as: Ernest Durnford, Nettie Stapp, Margie Durnford, Josie Smith, Olive Cox, Frank Smith, Gladys Jameson, Everett Robertson, Hazel Robertson, Addie Hull, Gertrude Thompson, Olive Kees, Gussie Thompson, Viola Murphy, Riehla Smalley, Bell Kneeland, Florence Norton, John Beasley, Rena Blockburger, Katie Beasley, Chriss. Blockburger, Leona Durnford, Lucile Durnford, Gertie Smith, Dewey Smith, Vera Jameson, Roy Jameson, Mabel Robertson, Stephen Hull, Jesse Hull, Gaston Thompson, Herman Thompson, Neata Murphy, Frank Davis, Wilma Norton, Bert. McCreary, Rrozena Curless, Clara Beasley, Ruth Schomp
Reproduced with permission of Wes Johnson.
Exam Report Card
Date: 1909
Description: Pictured is Nettie Stapp’s report card for the teachers exam she took in 1909. We have the 1889 teachers’ exam available online. Could you pass it?
Reproduced with permission of Wes Johnson.
