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"SCHOOLS"
This is C.S. 6 located at the corner of E. Tremont and Vyse Avenues. My
niece Stephanie, attended this school from Pre-K to fifth grade, from 1998 to 2005. She was awarded the Principal's
Award and the Science Fair Medal among dozens of other merits and awards while attending this school.
- Photo by Mike Marquez
Franklin D. Roosevelt is welcomed to Fordham University on his campaign trip in 1940.
Seated next to the U.S. President is Archbishop Francis Spellman. A U.S. Secret Service Agent stands vigilant
to the left. Standing at the microphone is Rev. Robert I. Gannon, who was a famous Catholic orator and rector
of Fordham University from 1936 to 1948. - Photo courtesy of The Bronx County Historical
Society
This photograph was taken in 1942 on Putnam Avenue between 238th and 240th Streets
in front of the Visitation Roman Catholic Church and School in the Kingsbridge neighborhood and shows five girls that will
participate in their First Communion. The houses which appear on the left side of the photo are on Bailey Avenue.
- Photo courtesy of The Bronx County Historical Society
James Monroe High School dominates Boynton Avenue in the Soundview neighborhood as
seen in this photo from 1946. The school's athletic field is to its rear, flanking Manor Avenue. To
the left is P.S. 77. The rest of the area is filled with semi-detached homes and apartment buildings.
- Photo courtesy of The Bronx County Historical
This is P.S. 14 on Hollywood Avenue in the Throgs Neck neighborhood as we can see
in this 1946 photo. Lots of empty space can be seen here as the road is getting prepared for the widening
of Bruckner Boulevard. - Photo courtesy of The Bronx County Historical Society
This school which is P.S. 119, stands on Pugsley and Blackrock Avenues in 1946.
Besides the wide open spaces, no traffic or pedestrains can be seen due to a major construction project which had begun.
- Photo courtesy of The Bronx County Historical Society
Students from local schools are seen here walking along Castle Hill Avenue in this
photo from 1947. The street has many local shops, including a barber shop with its striped pole in front.
Further down stood the Garofalo Beauty Salon, a very popular hair stylist of that era. Straight ahead in
the distance we can see the elevated tracks of the IRT number 6 train Castle Hill Avenue Station.
- Photo couretesy of The Bronx County Historical Society
Here's the Glee Club of P.S. 21 on 225th Street and White Plains Road, performing
in the school's auditorium in the early 1950s when this photo was taken. Some students from the surrounding Williamsbridge
neighborhood, on the left, watch the teacher Mrs. Heffernan in front of the piano leading the choir through a song.
- Photo courtesy of The Bronx County Historical Society
Keating Hall on the Fordham University Campus, overlooks the large field upon which
students dressed in their ROTC uniforms are standing in formation on a beautiful day around the 1950s. A crowd
was gathered on the steps of the building to watch the proceedings. - Photo courtesy
of The Bronx County Historical Society
This photograph taken in 1956, shows Bronx Borough President Joseph F. Periconi, testing
a brand new IBM electric typewriter at the Drake's Business School on Fordham Road, while the school's owner and publisher
of Life In The Bronx Magazine, William March, is to his left. Dr. David Steinman checks out the situation
from behind. - Photo courtesy of The Bronx County Historical Society
Here's an undated photo of Morris High School. It was located on
Boston Road and 166th Street and it still is. - Photo courtesy of The Bronx County Historical Society
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