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Students of the Bloomington School in about 1900. Arthur Buck is in the center of the back row. Buck was later to play a part in organizing reunions for the alumni of this school. Bloomington School was located in the pioneer village of Bloomington, then located one and a half miles northeast of Ames. The town was later incorporated into the boundaries of Ames. (See also: 39.195.3; 101.552.2-3; and 103.559.1-4)