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Dr. Seuss wall mural for nursery
Progress. Sometimes it’s sad.
Here are some photos of the dismantling of the oldest building at my high school (Dee-Mack High School in Mackinaw, Illinois). Most of the other buildings have long been town down and replaced and this one was the last to be torn down and replaced. These photos are over a year old now.
It’s been over 20 years since I hung out in this portion of the building with all of my high school friends. Some of my fondest memories from this particular building include working and goofing off in the computer lab, ditto in the yearbook staff office, ditto in geometry class, and ditto the library and in study hall. Oh, and I almost forgot all about the cafeteria in the basement. Well, it was a lunch room anyways. Calling it a cafeteria implies that they actually cooked food in there. And who could forget the big Shuttle mural. Thanks to my high school art teacher, Mrs Schultz, for forwarding these great photos to me. Click on a photo to see a full sized version.
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It says “Mackinaw High School 1914” on the front of the building.
Space Shuttle Challenger mural at my high school
When I was a student at Deer Creek Mackinaw (Dee-Mack) High School in Mackinaw, Illinois (1984 thru 1988) I was really into anything that was even remotely related to art. I loved drafting classes and all of the different art classes too. Our art teacher, Mrs. Schultz, organized some of the best art students there and had them paint a few organized and approved murals around the school. I was allowed to paint a Space Shuttle mural upstairs on the big 2-story wall just outside the library. I was also into space, and I had some NASA photos and mission patches and I basically just painted a collage of some of the items in that material. I dedicated the mural to the crew of the Challenger mission that was lost during their launch on January 28th, 1986. This large mural was a big project for a high school student … and I never actually technically finished the mural. I had intended to paint land masses on the earth, but never got around to it. I took these photos in the summer of 2002, so the mural was at least there for 14 years. I think they had to paint over it a few years ago, though.
Kurt
