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The photo montage pictured above
appeared across two pages in the School Journal magazine.
The accompanying story highlighted roughly half the Chicago public school
teachers who died at the Iroquois Theater December
30, 1903, involving thirty-two schools. There were no class trips to the
theater in those days but it was one of the last
available days during Christmas break and featured an old fairy tale
from children's literature so attracted many teachers and
students.
Music teacher Emma Mann
and niece Olive Squire
perished
School teacher Bessie
Zimmerman
School teacher Millie
Crocker Iroquois victim
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