![]() So much has changed, and yet certain things remain the same: best friends are always there to help you through hard times, teachers are always there to guide and mentor you, the sun always comes out in the spring, and yearbooks are always in existence to make sure you won't ever truly lose track of your past. What clubs did your Grandfather participate in? Did your Grandmother wear a school uniform? Do you look just like how your parents looked at that age? You can get a real sense of what life was like at school in another decade. It's not just your own school yearbook that's worth browsing through - since we have yearbooks that are over one hundred years old, you might find photos of your relatives. ![]() ![]() In the age of social media, it's easy to forget how satisfying it is to flip through actual pages. That's why purchasing one from our archives is a great gift for somebody who is feeling nostalgic but no longer has access to their yearbook or doesn't have a lot of photos of themselves in general. However, it's easy to lose track of your yearbook over the years. Do you remember what your schoolmates called you in the class superlatives? What about that football game where your school finally beat your rivals? Or the costume your high school crush wore during spirit week? Skimming through a yearbook helps you reminisce on the past. Hassler photograph collection Bailey Avenue today mostly unchangedĪlmost unbelievable that this is Jerome and Bedford Park Boulevard.Classmates has the largest collection of yearbooks online - 470,000 and growing Bailey Avenue in Kingsbridge looking North from Albany Crescent on June 2, 1916/ This strip in Kingsbridge is relatively the same except with the addition of rows of trees now. Hassler photograph collection St Jerome still and its school still stand today but NYCHA’s Mitchel Houses has replaced all the townhomes that once dominated Alexander Avenue. St Jerome’s Roman Catholic Church on the left/ New York Historical Society, William D. Alexander Avenue in Mott Haven facing south from 138th Street. As you can see they have both been significantly altered as they were expanded outwards towards the front.īelow, parts of Alexander Avenue remain frozen in time while others have changed drastically. 2513 Webster Avenue directly south of Fordham Road in an undated photo estimated to have been taken between 1899-1904/. Hassler photograph collection 335 and 337 E 241st Street today. Today, only one of the buildings at 1157 Fulton Avenue survived and of course, the Third Avenue El has been gone for over 40 years now. Oh and the tree survived too! 335 and 337 E 241st Street in Woodlawn taken in 1917/ New York Historical Society, William D. As you can see all homes are still standing including the garage in the back. Hassler photograph collection 2654 Bainbridge Avenue today. Hassler photograph collection 2513 Webster Avenue today 2654 Bainbridge Avenue in Fordham Manor in 1917/ 2513 Webster Avenue directly south of Fordham Road in an undated photo estimated to have been taken between 1899-1904/ Today, only one of the buildings at 1157 Fulton Avenue survived and of course, the Third Avenue El has been gone for over 40 years now. Notice the now demolished Third Avenue El on the lower left of the photograph/New York Historical Society, William D. 1157 Fulton Avenue at 167th Street across from the now demolished St Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Morrisania taken August 18, 1915. It’s always fascinating to think about who lived in these buildings and who are some of the people we see in the photographs. So much has changed and yet some are still so recognizable if you look hard enough. Most of these images are from 100 or more years ago and are from the New-York Historical Society’s Digital Collections. We’re back for another look at old photographs of The Bronx.
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