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Washburn Trade School
Posted by:
mikbasile
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Date: March 24, 2015 12:34AM
I was a student at Washburn, back in 1977. I took the auto mechanics class, for a full year of training,the class only cost one hundred and twenty five dollars. Washburn was part of the Chicago school system so the students had to live in city limits, I can still remember most of the students, from my group. We were from all parts of the city, but we all worked and learned together.
Re: Washburn Trade School
Posted by:
thimmaker
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Date: April 17, 2015 06:59PM
I took a welding class there in 1959. Seems to me it later became Cooley High School.?? Correct me.
Geo.
Geo.
Re: Washburn Trade School
Posted by:
Dunning1
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Date: April 18, 2015 02:46PM
A neighbor, Ed Wodniakowski, who lived a couple houses down, used to teach refrigeration at Washburne. He was a really nice man, I remember he showed me how to recharge the air conditioning on my 1973 Chrylser. He passed away quite a few years ago.
Re: Washburn Trade School
Posted by:
rjmachon
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Date: April 18, 2015 06:15PM
@ Thimmaker, "The original Lane Tech became Cooley High School, and was eventually torn down". I read this in an article by,
The world's biggest high school
September 17, 2012
By: John R. Schmidt
http://www.wbez.org/blogs/john-r-schmidt/2012-09/worlds-biggest-high-school-102301
Cooley High, which sat on Division and Orleans until it was demolished in the 1980s
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 04/18/2015 06:28PM by rjmachon.
The world's biggest high school
September 17, 2012
By: John R. Schmidt
http://www.wbez.org/blogs/john-r-schmidt/2012-09/worlds-biggest-high-school-102301
Cooley High, which sat on Division and Orleans until it was demolished in the 1980s
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 04/18/2015 06:28PM by rjmachon.
Re: Washburn Trade School
Posted by:
Jayg
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Date: April 19, 2015 06:35AM
Was Washburn an alternative to high school or was it a post high school education ? Did Washburn close or move? I remember there was setto between Harold Washington and the Unions when he tried to pack the school with politico friends.
Re: Washburn Trade School
Posted by:
rjmachon
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Date: April 19, 2015 02:34PM
Here's an article on Washburn Trade School from Forgotten Chicago.
http://forgottenchicago.com/articles/the-last-days-of-washburne/
http://forgottenchicago.com/articles/the-last-days-of-washburne/
Re: Washburn Trade School
Posted by:
WayOutWardell
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Date: April 19, 2015 03:51PM
Interesting name-changes. My father lived near Division & Orleans, and would have gone to Cooley (fmr. Lane). Somehow, he instead ended up at (new) Lane, but also took a few classes at Washburne on Division.
Re: Washburn Trade School
Posted by:
nordsider
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Date: April 20, 2015 02:30PM
WayOutWardell Wrote:
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> Interesting name-changes. My father lived near
> Division & Orleans, and would have gone to Cooley
> (fmr. Lane). Somehow, he instead ended up at
> (new) Lane, but also took a few classes at
> Washburne on Division.
My Dad attended the old Lane, and was a member briefly of the ROTC; he said that part of his uniform had to include a puttee "a strip of cloth for covering the lower part of the leg from the ankle to the knee;" in the World War 1 fashion.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/20/2015 02:31PM by nordsider.
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> Interesting name-changes. My father lived near
> Division & Orleans, and would have gone to Cooley
> (fmr. Lane). Somehow, he instead ended up at
> (new) Lane, but also took a few classes at
> Washburne on Division.
My Dad attended the old Lane, and was a member briefly of the ROTC; he said that part of his uniform had to include a puttee "a strip of cloth for covering the lower part of the leg from the ankle to the knee;" in the World War 1 fashion.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/20/2015 02:31PM by nordsider.
Re: Washburn Trade School
Posted by:
rjmachon
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Date: April 27, 2015 03:27PM
Another article I forgot to mention by, (some nice photos of the place as well)
The ruins and sundry of Washburne Trade School
Posted on September 1, 2014 by repowers2
https://achicagosojourn.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/the-ruins-and-sundry-of-washburne-trade-school/
The ruins and sundry of Washburne Trade School
Posted on September 1, 2014 by repowers2
https://achicagosojourn.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/the-ruins-and-sundry-of-washburne-trade-school/
Re: Washburn Trade School
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