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1. Drawing - Pendergast Academy, Hutchinson, MN

   1880 Pencil drawing of Pendergast Academy that was burned down by Little Crow's band of Indians during the Dakota Uprising in 1862. It was Hutchinson's first school house. Another drawing is 1988-0409-002. One or both were drawn by John Fickling, a student in the school. This drawing appears to have been done professionally.

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2. Drawing - Pendergast Academy, Hutchinson, MN

   1880 Pencil drawing of Pendergast Academy that was burned down by Little Crow's band of Indians during the Dakota Uprising in 1862. It was Hutchinson's first school house. Another drawing is 1988-0409-001. One or both were drawn by John Fickling, a student in the school. This drawing appears to be less professional and was drawn on the back of an engraving of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales (in 1880).

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3. Postcard - Pendergast School, Hutchinson, MN 1908

   Black and white photographic postcard of the 1898 brick Pendergast School or North Building in Hutchinson, MN, photographed in 1908. Unidentified children in the foreground. This brick building replaced the wood Pendergast Academy destroyed by fire in 1897. At the time of its construction it was twice as large as the largest school building in the county. Located at 30 Glen Street, it housed grades 4-8 at the time it was demolished in 193...

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4. Print, Photographic - Bell from Pendergast Academy

   Black and white photographic print of the bell from Pendergast Academy with Dorothy Pendergast and Ruth Merrill standing on each side of the rock monument. Hand written on back: Dorothy Pendergast and Ruth Merrill, descendants of W.W. Pendergast and Lewis Harrington, prominent Hutchinson pioneers- posed beside the old bell of Pendergast Academy, burned by the indians in 1862. Note: bell in photo was near the grade school before it was torn ...

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5. Print, Photographic - Pendergast Acadamy-2nd Hutchinson MN

   Black & white photograph and negative #11 of the Hutchinson Grade School from p. 163 of the 1874 Andrea Atlas. The photograph is the second "Pendergast Academy," constructed of wood, and located on Glen Street in North Park. Built in 1867, it burned in 1897. The third, brick Pendergast School (1898-1937), was built at the same location. The first school, also constructed of wood in 1860, located on College Hill, burned in the 1862 Dakota...

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6. Print, Photographic - Pendergast Academy, 1860 & 1867

   Article and photographs about the 1860 Pendergast Academy and the 1867 Pendergast Academy, Hutchinson. This is an enlargement and reprint of page 8 of the book "Lost Hutchinson" created from Hutchinson Leader articles of 1897.

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7. Print, Photographic - Pendergast Academy, Hutchinson

   Set of six scanned photographic posters showing the milestones in Hutchinson Public School History. Mounted on colored construction paper. Copies of a timeline from 1856-1990 accompany the photos. Produced by Julie Jensen in June, 2005 for the Museum. Includes a drawing of Pendergast Academy (1860) by John Fickland, frame Pendergast School (1866), South (Tower) School (1887), brick Pendergast School (1898), H. L. Merrill High School (1912), P...

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