Newark School Photographs

The collection is divided into two sections: file drawers (smaller prints and negatives) and boxes (larger prints). There is some duplication of images between the two sections, but researchers should consult both portions of the collection.

Drawers: The drawers of small photographs, mostly 3" x 5" black and white prints, are arranged numerically by index-number, from #1 to #6104 in four file drawers. The photographs are dated beginning with #1 (1942) through #6104 (1956). Negatives for most of the photographs are filed with the matching image. The photographs include images of schools, interior and exterior, and include classrooms, libraries, auditoriums, cafeterias, science labs, and playgrounds, among other images; students and teachers in classrooms; concerts, plays, pageants, dance performances, and other extracurricular activities; and exhibits and displays of student work. Not all the photographs are of Newark schools, students, staff, and faculty, however; some appear to have acquired for teaching purposes, for example a photograph of the Venus de Milo, #1093 (1942).

Boxes: The first nine boxes of larger-format black and white photographs are filed alphabetically by school name; additional boxes #10-13 contain files of photographs labeled by topic or school name, but not arranged in alphabetical order. Most of the individual prints have typed caption slips attached; others have caption information written on the back of the print. Many prints are not dated; the bulk appear to date from the 1920s to the 1950s. Some, but by no means all, of the prints have index numbers written on the back, keyed to the card-file index available in the Reading Room.

Contents of the boxes are as follows:

Box 1: Abington Avenue School - Boylen School

Box 2: Boylen School - Charlton Street School

Box 3: Cleveland School - Franklin School

Box 4: Garfield School - McKinley School

Box 5: McKinley School - Ridge Street School

Box 6: Ridge Street Scchool - South Side High School

Box 7: South Side High School - Warren Street School

Box 8: Warren Street School - Weequahic High School

Box 9: Weequahic High School - Woodland Avenue School

Box 10: Adult Class, Bergen Street - Child Care Center, Newark

Box 11: Child Care Center, Lafayette Street - Office of Stenographers, Visual Education Dept. Newark

Box 12: Office of Assistant Superintendent - Physical Education, Track, Newark

Box 13: Physical Education, Track, Newark - Special Education, School for Crippled Children; Woodworking, Newark.

Box 14: Abington Avenue School - South Street School

Box 15: Sussex Avenue School - Woodland Avenue School. Additional files entitled "Americanization Class," "Art Dept.," "Board of Education," Bamberger Medal Award Winners," "Dept. of Child Guidance," "Dr. Kennelly Libraries and Audio Visual Ed.," Memorial Stadium," "Bureau of Health Education," "Miss Marquart's Dinner," "Music," "Newark School Civil Defense," "Dept. of Special Education," "Physical Education," "Newark Film Council," "Lincoln Statue," "Newark Airport," "Newark," "Newark School Builders," "Dept. of Reference and Research," and "Misc. Pictures";

Box 16: Barringer High School; Brach Brook Park; Central Commercial High School; Morton Street School

Box 17: Abington Avenue School; Barringer High School Library; Central Commercial Training High School; Cleveland School; Elizabeth Ave School; Madison Street School; Robert Treat School; South Side School.


Miscellaneous Schools and areas: Boys Vocational School; Girls Vocational School; Medical School; Music Room; Physical Training; Playground;

Box 18: Oversized Photo Album containing photographs of 13th Avenue School; Boys Industrial; Burnet Street School; Girls Industrial. McKinley School.