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"18th CENTURY BRONX"
The Bronx Borough Day Parade back in 1928. It is passing in front of an
apartment building on 170th Street. Some people watch from their windows and some children have gathered on the
fire escapes to get a better view. - Photo courtesy of The Bronx County
Historical Society
Here's 138th Street and Brook Avenue as seen in this photo from 1940. The neighborhood
welcomes President Franklin D. Roosevelt with great acclaim on October 28th. Crowds line the streets, stand on
fire escapes and peer out of windows to catch a glimpse of the President. - Photo courtesy of The Bronx
County Historical Society
This is the cast of the St. Peter's Parish Musical as seen here in this photo from
1948. The Church of St. Peter's on Westchester Avenue near Westchester Square had been the center of life
in the community for centuries. - Photo courtesy of The Bronx County Historical Society
West Farms Square back in 1948, was a major connecting place for Tremont and Williamsbridge
trolley lines and for buses heading to Van Cortlandt Park. - Photo courtesy of
The Bronx County Historical Society
No, this is not a scene from The Untouchables. These are officials from
the Surface Transit System participating in a ceremony displaying sixty brand new buses in 1950. They were also
displaying three brand new radio patrol cars to be used in The Bronx. Behind the wheel is Bronx Borough President
James J. Lyons testing the new telephone system. The apartments on the right are on Walton Avenue and 161st Street.
- Photo courtesy of The Bronx County Historical Society.
Here's 161st Street and Walton Avenue back in 1950. The Bronx County Building
dominated the scene. New buses are lined up in front of it for a civic ceremony.
- Photo courtesy of The Bronx County Historical Society
If you lived in The Bronx in the 1700s, you had to fish and hunt to eat.
Supermarkets were not available yet!
Here's A Brief History of The Bronx in
the 18th Century:
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