If you once went to Mound High School or lived in or near Mound, Minnesota and are now living far away.  You are the person this web site was intended for.  

I was not aware that Old Mound High was being razed until the process was well under way. Upon learning of it I traversed the 2,000 miles back to Mound but unfortunately I missed the bulk of the demolition. As a result you'll miss it too unless someone else decides to post their pictures on the Web. As I have previously noted I would be happy to post photos and comments related to the school for anyone who is willing to provide them, crediting them for the submission.

Rather than use my low tech, 30 year old Pentax SLR, I used a high tech self adjusting self focusing modern camera. This was a mistake. Some of my pictures, especially those involving lower light levels, are not focused so I hope a bad picture is better than nothing.

One of the ways I reduced the photo count was to make "montages".

I created a "Scroll Right" icon (below) to remind you to use your horizontal scroll bar to see it all, whether the picture is actually  a montage or just too large to fit the "average monitor".

Don't try to scroll with the  icon itself, it won't work.

The montages were an afterthought, so it's no wonder that they don't match.  I just "masking taped" them together and stuck them on the scanner.

The larger the montage the more distorted  the thumbnail will be, and the longer it will take to load. They range from 90 to 360 degrees, and are worth seeing if you've been away from Mound for many years.

Many people will not want to view all the pictures so I have selected about 40 of the school for a Quick Tour which are either the best or most representative. I have marked these with a small blue triangle under the thumb nails.

Although I missed most of the Mound High demolition, and was not able to get any interior shots, I have some external before and after pictures and the few good ones I got during the later phases.  Also the pictures I got of the very end of Mound high as the last wall came down.  This was at 5:19 p.m and during the short days of winter. Even with pushed developing of the high speed film the images are vague, but they are the "last of  Mound High" and I doubt that anyone else got these.
  

My notice of copyright "basically says" to copy and keep these images for your own non commercial use, but on any and all reproductions acknowledge the copyright and keep any names, photo credits or notations intact.

Would you believe.....B
1. This site depends on the reuse of images stored in, and retrieved from, your computer's cache.  What ever browser you are using should be set to make maximum use of locally stored files. Set to "NEVER" look for new pages.
See the menu page for instructions if needed.

Use your browser's "BACK" button instead of a link when ever possible.

2. AOL uses the .ART file format, those with the ".art" after the file name.  ART further compresses already compressed files like jpg's by discarding some data. When the data comprising an image is marginal to begin with, you can't afford this kind of loss. Be sure to deactivate art creation before viewing this site or the bad graphics here will look even worse, and even the text in the graphics may be blurred. See the menu page for instructions on setting your graphic compression if needed.