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P.S. 90 in Richmond Hill
Pictures dated c. 1910 (click to enlarge)
Two viewers have emailed me to point out that not all Kew Gardens primary school students attended PS 99. One of them writes:
"Those of us who lived south of Metropolitan Avenue went to PS 90, on 108th just north of Jamaica Avenue. It was a wonderful school with extremely dedicated teachers. One 6th grade teacher, Mr. Zimler, was a legend in the NYC schoool system. His classes produced the highest test scores in the city year after year. There were lots of Kew Gardens kids there - over 1,250 families on the 83-00 block of 118th street alone!"
Reference: Carl Ballenas and Nancy Cataldi, "Images of America - Richmond Hill", pp. 68, 107 (Arcadia Publ. 2002). Black & white picture courtesy of Nancy Cataldi; picture postcard from The Lucy Ballenas Collection courtesy of Carl Ballenas. |
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