1951: 25th REUNION,

1951: 25th REUNION,

1951: 25th REUNION,

1951: 25th REUNION,

1951: 25th REUNION,

1936: Trenton's Central Phone Center

"Number, Please!" This was the era of the "Elliot Ness" upright phone and two and three party lines. The Glover's didn't enter the telephone fraternity until the middle of the 1940's. As I recall, our phone was answered after 2 rings. If it rang 3 times it was an unknown party, and I must confess some of us occasionally eavesdropped!

1949: Remember this?

I assembled this graphic for display on my www.kuser-school.blogspot.com, my Kuser School website. However, I felt that there were many viewers who attended other grammar schools who also remember this great old literary classic. I was a subscriber of that old weekly from my very first years at Kuser School.

1869: Yes, Even then We had Anti Social Idiots

"No matter how things change, they stay the same." So you thought that the creeps who go around "tagging" our buildings, signs, and walls with graffiti, and other public acts of destruction was unheard of in the past. Check this "oldie" from 1869. There is a very significant difference, however. If the young men were caught, their names WOULD be published in the newspapers, and they WOULD be looking through steel bars where they belong.

1926: Bobashela and the old Trenton High School

What a great photo of the old Trenton High! Someone told me that the Trenton Library was looking for old copies of the "Bobashela." If any friends of the Trenton Library happen to read this, AND if the Trenton Library doesn't have this particular copy of the yearbook, contact me and it will be donated for your archives.

1951: The Criterion and Tulip Time

If you have a larger LCD screed and not an older cathode ray monitor, you will probably be able to read the fine print. The size of the graphic plus the limited size of the web page results in a very

compressed graphic.

1951: The Criterion and Tulip Time

If you have a larger LCD screed and not an older cathode ray monitor, you will probably be able to read the fine print. The size of the graphic plus the limited size of the web page results in a very

compressed graphic.

1951: The Criterion and Tulip Time

If you have a larger LCD screed and not an older cathode ray monitor, you will probably be able to read the fine print. The size of the graphic plus the limited size of the web page results in a very

compressed graphic.

1951: The Criterion and Tulip Time

If you have a larger LCD screed and not an older cathode ray monitor, you will probably be able to read the fine print. The size of the graphic plus the limited size of the web page results in a very

compressed graphic.

1951: The Criterion and Tulip Time

If you have a larger LCD screed and not an older cathode ray monitor, you will probably be able to read the fine print. The size of the graphic plus the limited size of the web page results in a very

compressed graphic.

1951: The Criterion and Tulip Time

If you have a larger LCD screed and not an older cathode ray monitor, you will probably be able to read the fine print. The size of the graphic plus the limited size of the web page results in a very

compressed graphic.

1951: The Criterion and Tulip Time

If you have a larger LCD screed and not an older cathode ray monitor, you will probably be able to read the fine print. The size of the graphic plus the limited size of the web page results in a very

compressed graphic.

1951: 50th Reunion

This, and the next photo were taken with my old 3.1 megapixel digital camera. Unfortunately my current camera malfunctioned, and as a result, I got no real good photos of our more recent 55th reunion which was held at the Mercer County Marina.

1951: 50th Reunion

This, and the next photo were taken with my old 3.1 megapixel digital camera. Unfortunately my current camera malfunctioned, and as a result, I got no real good photos of our more recent 55th reunion which was held at the Mercer County Marina.

1951: 50th Reunion

This, and the next photo were taken with my old 3.1 megapixel digital camera. Unfortunately my current camera malfunctioned, and as a result, I got no real good photos of our more recent 55th reunion which was held at the Mercer County Marina.

1951: 50th Reunion

This, and the next photo were taken with my old 3.1 megapixel digital camera. Unfortunately my current camera malfunctioned, and as a result, I got no real good photos of our more recent 55th reunion which was held at the Mercer County Marina.

1951: 50th Reunion

This, and the next photo were taken with my old 3.1 megapixel digital camera. Unfortunately my current camera malfunctioned, and as a result, I got no real good photos of our more recent 55th reunion which was held at the Mercer County Marina.

1951: 50th Reunion

This, and the next photo were taken with my old 3.1 megapixel digital camera. Unfortunately my current camera malfunctioned, and as a result, I got no real good photos of our more recent 55th reunion which was held at the Mercer County Marina.

1951: 50th Reunion

This, and the next photo were taken with my old 3.1 megapixel digital camera. Unfortunately my current camera malfunctioned, and as a result, I got no real good photos of our more recent 55th reunion which was held at the Mercer County Marina.

1951: 50th Reunion

Unfortunately, my digital camera malfunctioned when I took it to our 55th reunion at the Mercer County Marina last fall. These photos are from our 50th reunion in 2001, taken with my old 3.1 megapixel camera.

1951: 50th Reunion

Unfortunately, my digital camera malfunctioned when I took it to our 55th reunion at the Mercer County Marina last fall. These photos are from our 50th reunion in 2001, taken with my old 3.1 megapixel camera.

1951: 50th Reunion

Unfortunately, my digital camera malfunctioned when I took it to our 55th reunion at the Mercer County Marina last fall. These photos are from our 50th reunion in 2001, taken with my old 3.1 megapixel camera.

1951: 50th Reunion

Unfortunately, my digital camera malfunctioned when I took it to our 55th reunion at the Mercer County Marina last fall. These photos are from our 50th reunion in 2001, taken with my old 3.1 megapixel camera.

1951: 50th Reunion

Unfortunately, my digital camera malfunctioned when I took it to our 55th reunion at the Mercer County Marina last fall. These photos are from our 50th reunion in 2001, taken with my old 3.1 megapixel camera.

1951: 50th Reunion

Unfortunately, my digital camera malfunctioned when I took it to our 55th reunion at the Mercer County Marina last fall. These photos are from our 50th reunion in 2001, taken with my old 3.1 megapixel camera.

1951: 50th Reunion

Unfortunately, my digital camera malfunctioned when I took it to our 55th reunion at the Mercer County Marina last fall. These photos are from our 50th reunion in 2001, taken with my old 3.1 megapixel camera.

1951: "Tulip Time"

What wonderful memories! I can still sing the music from this great old operetta. It was the first performed by Hamilton High in their first year of 1931. It was repeated again in 1941, and ten years later, in my year, 1951. The high schools stopped performing the "old fashioned" operettas, which very effectively relegated Gilbert and Sullivan, and other masters of the craft to the musical graveyard.

1951: "Tulip Time"

What wonderful memories! I can still sing the music from this great old operetta. It was the first performed by Hamilton High in their first year of 1931. It was repeated again in 1941, and ten years later, in my year, 1951. The high schools stopped performing the "old fashioned" operettas, which very effectively relegated Gilbert and Sullivan, and other masters of the craft to the musical graveyard.

1951: "Tulip Time"

What wonderful memories! I can still sing the music from this great old operetta. It was the first performed by Hamilton High in their first year of 1931. It was repeated again in 1941, and ten years later, in my year, 1951. The high schools stopped performing the "old fashioned" operettas, which very effectively relegated Gilbert and Sullivan, and other masters of the craft to the musical graveyard.

1951: "Tulip Time"

What wonderful memories! I can still sing the music from this great old operetta. It was the first performed by Hamilton High in their first year of 1931. It was repeated again in 1941, and ten years later, in my year, 1951. The high schools stopped performing the "old fashioned" operettas, which very effectively relegated Gilbert and Sullivan, and other masters of the craft to the musical graveyard.

1951: "Tulip Time"

What wonderful memories! I can still sing the music from this great old operetta. It was the first performed by Hamilton High in their first year of 1931. It was repeated again in 1941, and ten years later, in my year, 1951. The high schools stopped performing the "old fashioned" operettas, which very effectively relegated Gilbert and Sullivan, and other masters of the craft to the musical graveyard.

1951: "Tulip Time"

What wonderful memories! I can still sing the music from this great old operetta. It was the first performed by Hamilton High in their first year of 1931. It was repeated again in 1941, and ten years later, in my year, 1951. The high schools stopped performing the "old fashioned" operettas, which very effectively relegated Gilbert and Sullivan, and other masters of the craft to the musical graveyard.

1951: "Tulip Time"

What wonderful memories! I can still sing the music from this great old operetta. It was the first performed by Hamilton High in their first year of 1931. It was repeated again in 1941, and ten years later, in my year, 1951. The high schools stopped performing the "old fashioned" operettas, which very effectively relegated Gilbert and Sullivan, and other masters of the craft to the musical graveyard.

1949: Beverly Cowell, Singer Extraordinaire

Beverly was once of the sweetest personalities in the cast of "Tulip Time," our 1951 operetta.

1949: Beverly Cowell, Singer Extraordinaire

Beverly was once of the sweetest personalities in the cast of "Tulip Time," our 1951 operetta.

1949: Beverly Cowell, Singer Extraordinaire

Beverly was once of the sweetest personalities in the cast of "Tulip Time," our 1951 operetta.

1949: Beverly Cowell, Singer Extraordinaire

Beverly was once of the sweetest personalities in the cast of "Tulip Time," our 1951 operetta.

1949: Beverly Cowell, Singer Extraordinaire

Beverly was once of the sweetest personalities in the cast of "Tulip Time," our 1951 operetta.

1949: Beverly Cowell, Singer Extraordinaire

Beverly was once of the sweetest personalities in the cast of "Tulip Time," our 1951 operetta.

1949: Beverly Cowell, Singer Extraordinaire

Beverly was once of the sweetest personalities in the cast of "Tulip Time," our 1951 operetta.

WHITE CITY PARK - BROAD ST. PARK CA. 1908

It must have been a wonderful place to spend a summer afternoon! It was known as "The Coney Island of New Jersey," replete with a huge roller coaster and countless other rides. Did you know that every building was painted white at "White City?"

1937: Holy Cross Grammar School Class of '37

These classmates are mostly in their early 80's today. Anybody here you know?

1937: Graduating Class of St Joseph Grammar School

These class pictures are one of the more popular items I put on display in the Hamilton Library lobby. There are many viewers who have friends or relatives in these photos of yesteryear.

1924: GOLDBERG'S: A TRENTON TREASURE

Those viewers who have been reading my many columns over the past 25 years will recall how very fond I was of Goldberg's Department Store. It was here that I lusted for a genuine Red Ryder Bee Bee gun at just about the same time as Ralphie did in that now classic movie, "The Christmas Story." And don't you know, that admonition of putting 'yer eye out was indeed the stock answer a mom gave to a kid. I wasn't as fortunate as Ralphie. My mom really meant it when she said I would never get a bee bee gun. Ahhhh... memories are indeed made of this!

1902: A Great "Cyclone" hits the Trenton area

This is the front page from the Trenton "Daily True American" which details the havoc and damage done by a ferocious storm which hit center city Trenton back in August, 1902. I would assume the word we would use today would be "hurricane' rather than "cyclone." My notebook LCD monitor has no problems rendering a legible page. However, those viewers with an older CRT monitor may lack the definition necessary to read the small print.

1937: St. Francis School Class of 1937

Anyone here you recognize? I see Harry Kramer in there, but don't seem to know any of the other young men and ladies.