Cadwalader school 1951 Combined 5-6th grades
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Downtown Trenton, 1929
Downtown Trenton Harry Podmore 1929 Although there were a disproportionate number of professionals (Physicians, Attorneys, Certified Public Accountants, Dentists), most reverted to the family business of selling merchandise. However, they did it on a much larger scale. Trenton was known for its ‘downtown.’ Between Willow and City Hall, there were 100’s of stores, both small and large. The interesting fact is that most of them were owned by the sons and daughters of ‘Jewtown.’ During the era of the 1920’s, Jews had difficulty getting onto college, if for no other reason that they were Jewish. If they were ‘lucky’ enough to attend college from 1929 on, they returned home to support a Depression-starved family. Downtown Trenton had been a busy commercial district after the Greene St. (Broad St.) overpass forded the Assinpink Creek. In addition, it originally housed the most prominent families of Trenton, such as the Roebling’s, the Kuser's, etc. The retail trade in Trenton saw its h
Top row: Al Downing, Alan Kagan, Arthur Finkle, Ed Berkelhammer: Ron Warren, Bob Hollingshead
ReplyDelete2nd row down: Elona Farina, Barbara Kuhl, Judy Joseph, Katrina Peters, Dorthy Fizer, Pat Tobbs, Gail Rosenthal, Sandra Lipshitz.
Third row down: Carolyn Lingrell, Paula Robinson, Janice Loudon, Susan Rosenthal, Anne Feistal, Shirley Gary, Judy McFarland, Pat Cunningham.
Front row: Bob Harris, Jeff Doranz, Larry Tractenberg, Jack Simmons, Marvin Kupersmit, Jim Hardman, John Ginhardt, Ken Wood.
Year is 1952 because we studied the 52 presidential election with Mrs Clark as our teacher,
I think this was a picture actually of a 5th and 6th grade class (still Mrs. Clark). Al Downing, Paula Robinson, Larry Trachtenberg and Art Finkel were in the 6th grade and maybe some others, too. Alan Kagan, Jeffrey Doranz, Bob Hollingshead, myself (Sandy Lipshutz, now Levine) were in the 5th grade. BTW, years ago, when I worked for the New York Times, Al Downing came into the newsroom as a public relations exec. He remembered me with a warm greeting and impressed my colleagues.
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