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Showing posts with label Jackson Avenue School. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jackson Avenue School. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Request for Comment: What Pelham Manor School is This, Shown in 1907?

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The post card below has troubled me for several years.  It purports to show the "Public School" in "Pelham Manor, N.Y."  The message on the bottom of the obverse of the used post card postmarked in 1907 takes no issue with the title of the photograph, indicating

Friday, August 7, 2009

Description of 19th Century Politics in the Town of Pelham Published in 1913

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The Town of Pelham was largely unpopulated and was spread over a vastly larger area of land in the 19th century as compared to today.  Three principal population centers fought for political control of the purse strings throughout that time:  Pelhamville,

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Townspeople of Pelham Vote Down Bond Proposal at the First Prospect Hill School in 1891

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.I previously have written about the first Prospect Hill School in Pelham Manor that once stood on the lands located at 212-22o Jackson Avenue and 966 Plymouth Street. For a brief history of the school and a early photograph of it, see:Monday, January 9, 2006: The