Gaylord Public School 1898-1952

Introduction

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This is the school that Claude attended and where his mother taught. It was located 5 blocks south of the Shannon's home.

Claude graduated in 1932 at the age of 16.

Mabel Wolf Shannon taught foreign languages, was the principal for a few years, and was the coach of the first girls' basketball team in 1904.

The school building is gone and replaced with tennis courts. The former school gymnasium, built during the Great Depression, is now the Otsego County Community Recreation Center.

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Gaylord Public School as it looked when Claude Shannon attended grades 1-12

Claude's graduating class of 1932

Claude's high school diploma in 1916

Mable was the coach of Gaylord's first girls' basketball team in 1904.

Claude's mother, Mabel Wolf Shannon, was a teacher and principal at Gaylord High School

Gaylord Public School in the early 1900s