West Dearborn School Postcards

Postcards of the first Dearborn High School building which was constructed in 1893 and remained open until 1925. The building often known as Dearborn Public School or Dearborn Union School was located in the middle of the block between Mason, Monroe, Garrison, and Morley.

Auditorium and gymnasium addition for Dearborn High School which opened in 1921. It was preserved for the 2nd Dearborn High building which opened a few years later.

Postcard of Dearborn’s first elementary school building which later became known as Salisbury School. The structure at the northwest corner of Garrison and Monroe opened in 1916.

First grade class at the first Dearborn High School around 1903-1904
Elementary class at the first Dearborn High School building. It housed all grades into the 1910s.

Class postcards taken at either the first Dearborn High School building or Salisbury School.

Postcards of the second Dearborn High School building which opened in 1926. After the third Dearborn High School opened on Outer Drive, this building on Mason north of Garrison became Ray Adams Junior High School. The structure survives as the Atrium Office Complex.

These postcards show classes at Henry Ford School which opened in the 1910s near the modern site of Ford World Headquarters.

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