tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219561941481203089.post5308699926459292474..comments2024-03-28T07:54:47.193-04:00Comments on Climbing My Family Tree: Matrilineal Monday: 1920s School Days in the BronxMarian B. Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03816923876592602598noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219561941481203089.post-77740633017158457112017-09-27T13:00:42.736-04:002017-09-27T13:00:42.736-04:00Hi and thanks for commenting. Typically, the first...Hi and thanks for commenting. Typically, the first number would indeed have indicated the grade number. So "204 am" would probably mean "second grade, 4th class in that grade, morning" - but not necessarily indicating that the class was any less smart than "201" or "202" or "203." Whether there was overcrowding or not in the 1920s, I don't know for certain. But having a total of four second grade classes seems to indicate a really large school population! Best of luck in finding out your father's age. My mother was born in 1919, if that helps as you look at the photos. Marian B. Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816923876592602598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219561941481203089.post-23787035568684384102017-09-27T12:23:32.079-04:002017-09-27T12:23:32.079-04:00Hello
My father also went to PS 62 in the 1920s. ...Hello<br />My father also went to PS 62 in the 1920s. We only have one picture of his classroom and it is labeled "PS 62 204 am" Do you know if the numbers correspond to the grades, i.e. 204 would have been a second grade classroom or 405 would have been fourth grade? I do think they may have been running double sessions because of overcrowding, hence the "am" (something that also happened at my ex-husband's high school in Mass. in the 1960s because the population overwhelmed the existing building). I am just trying to figure out how old my father might be in the photo, and what year it was taken. Any help you can provide is much appreciated! <br />Many thanks!<br /><br />PS. the photo I have looks almost exactly the same as a couple you have - almost like they lined them up in the same classroom for the pictures, or, the classrooms were all identical.rjfa53https://www.blogger.com/profile/08815903928027166414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219561941481203089.post-33352693349125045662013-05-15T13:31:14.925-04:002013-05-15T13:31:14.925-04:00Thanks for so much commenting . . . your father mu...Thanks for so much commenting . . . your father must have been at PS 62 around the same time as my mother and aunt. Wow, you taught there too? Very cool.Marian B. Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816923876592602598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219561941481203089.post-22999130575903970142013-05-15T07:48:56.268-04:002013-05-15T07:48:56.268-04:00Great to see these pictures. My father, born in 19...Great to see these pictures. My father, born in 1919, grew up a few blocks away on Kelly Street. He used to cry when he went to see the "old neighborhood". I used to teach at ps 62 in the '90s. Apparently, the neighborhood is rebounding which is a wonderul thing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219561941481203089.post-54820693713577492952013-02-11T15:18:23.565-05:002013-02-11T15:18:23.565-05:00It must have been difficult for kids to sit still ...It must have been difficult for kids to sit still for however long it took to get these photos! Thanks for reading and leaving me a comment.Marian B. Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816923876592602598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219561941481203089.post-48327840056438769972013-02-11T15:11:01.160-05:002013-02-11T15:11:01.160-05:00I think I spy one little kindergarten boy cracking...I think I spy one little kindergarten boy cracking a smile amongst all those serious faces. :) Great pictures! So cool that you have these. AliceinWonderbrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10911174072580853302noreply@blogger.com