"Cornerstone of new school, Sept. 15, 1908, Bristol, PA"
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"Dedication of new school, May 25, 1909, Bristol, PA"
Jefferson Avenue School opened May 25, 1909. Closed in 1956 when the school on Buckley Street opened. The building has been divided into eight apartments known as “The Jefferson.” These are high-end apartments.
"Jefferson Ave Elementary, Grade 1, Mrs. Mannherz, 1973 & 74"
Mrs. Mannherz, teacher of grade one at the Jefferson Avenue Elementary School, located at the Jefferson Avenue and Pond Street.
"Jefferson Ave School 1969, Mrs. Miles, 30, Fourth Grade"
"Jefferson Ave School, 1973, Mrs. Mannherz, 24, First Grade"
Jefferson Avenue School 1973 Mrs. Mannherz First Grade. First Row: Erika Hillisland, Bruce Stewart, Michelle Dreamer. Second Row: Robin Taylor, Christina Link, Barbara Blesser, Kimberly Keller, Susan Demshock, Mary Elizabeth Paone, Ann Abendschoe, Alicia Tortu. Third Row: Jimmy McLaughlin, Lester Tusiano, Christopher Mangaon, Martin Hughes Samero. Fourth Row: Joseph Graffenstine, Milo Harrington, Eddie Lewis, Billy Krause, Mrs. Mannherz, Michelle Levy, Cindy Stack, Iris Andujar, Sharon Solt. Bernadette Christiansen (Di Tullo)- absent.
"Jefferson Ave School, Grade - 1-M, 1970-1971"
Top row (from left): Stephen Ennis, Warren Marim, Mark Dipsey, Mark Williamson, Michael Ruffner, Mrs. Mannherz, teacher. Middle row (from left): Frank Struben, Joann Volponi, Barbara Wood, Yvonne Baker, Marchelle White, Patrick Manns. Seated (from left): Terri Cummons, Madeline Vilez, Anita Geryalez, Lilly Romano, [Miles] Lipo, Cindy Scott, Patty Dougherty. On floor (from left): Michael Delia, Patrick Mulhern, Joe Lanigan, Ralph Andiyar.
"Jefferson Avenue Elementary, Grade 1, Mrs. Mannherz, 1975 & 76"
Third Row: Mrs. Mannherz, Karen Olshefsky, Christine Metts, Michael Gujda, Brian Spadac, and Becky Brown. Second Row: Robert Haines, Terri Freeze, Lea Hughes, Lori Tusiano, Andy Scott, Marci Ennis, Michael Strong. First Row: Eroilda Gonzalez, Christine Virgulti, Garrison Conly, Sammy Logue, Jimmy Thomas, Diane Pagliese, and Larry Collins.
"Laying cornerstone of new school, Sept. 15, 1908. Bristol, PA"
Jefferson Avenue School, William Grow on stage.
Newspaper article on back featuring her as the “Woman of the Week.”
"St. Anns School, Bristol, PA. In charge Sisters of Most Holy Trinity, Rector Rev. I Jenne O.S.S.T."
Built on Logan Street between Pond and Pear Streets. The back of the school is on Jefferson Avenue.
"St. Francis Industrial School Eddington PA."
George handwritten in top right corner of image. St. Francis School for boys at U.S. 13 and Street Road in (Eddington section of Bensalem Twp.)
"The new school dedication. Sept. 15, 1908, Bristol, PA"
“Placed in Cornerstone Mar. 19. 1956 by Beverly Waters”
Inscription in Holy Bible found within the cornerstone box at the Warren Snyder Elementary School.
[1st grade class of Mrs. Mannherz, former teacher at he Jefferson Avenue Elementary School]
The photograph was taken at the Snyder-Girotti Elementary School on Buckley Street in the all-purpose room. Children unidentified.
Students and teacher unidentified. Stamped on back of photograph: George Bruce Nichols Photographer, 503 East Milton Avenue, Rahway, New Jersey. Developing Printing Enlarging.
Students are unidentified. Stamped on back of photograph: George Bruce Nichols Photographer, 503 East Milton Avenue, Rahway, New Jersey. Developing Printing Enlarging.
[A class of Dora Thompson Coville, (B.H.S. class of 1926) teaching at the Tullytown School]
Dora’s records indicated she taught in Tullytown from 1938-1952. She then joined the Bristol Borough School District. Her last years were spent teaching in the Neshaminy Schools. Students are unidentified. Teacher is Dora Thompson Coville. Stamped on back of photograph: George Bruce Nichols Photographer, 503 East Milton Avenue, Rahway, New Jersey. Developing Printing Enlarging.
[A classroom in Tullytown Elementary School]
By 2002 the school is not standing. Students and teacher are unidentified. Stamped on back of photograph: George Bruce Nichols Photographer, 503 East Milton Avenue, Rahway, New Jersey. Developing Printing Enlarging.
Students and teacher are unidentified. Stamped on back of photograph: George Bruce Nichols Photographer, 503 East Milton Avenue, Rahway, New Jersey. Developing Printing Enlarging.
[A classroom of unidentified students in the Tullytown Elementary School]
Stamped on back of photograph: George Bruce Nichols Photographer, 503 East Milton Avenue, Rahway, New Jersey. Developing Printing Enlarging.
[A retirement of three Bristol teachers]
From left to right: Annie M. Heritage, Jefferson Avenue principal and teacher, Mable Staley, teacher/principal at Harriman Elementary, and Olive Stoner, elementary art teacher. Photograph taken at Snyder School multi-purpose room.
[Annie M. Heritage, former Bristol teacher]
She was of Tinicum, Bucks County, PA. Teacher in Bristol. Her last duties were at the Jefferson Avenue School, where she served as principal. She retired in the early 1960s.
On the left, the building housed the primary grades. The double story building was occupied by the upper elementary. Visible on the front porch is teacher Dora Thompson Coville who taught there (1938-1952). Stamped on back of photograph: George Bruce Nichols Photographer, 503 East Milton Avenue, Rahway, New Jersey. Developing Printing Enlarging.
[Backside of Tullytown Elementary School, children at recess]
Note the fire escape (pipe). Stamped on back of photograph: George Bruce Nichols Photographer, 503 East Milton Avenue, Rahway, New Jersey. Developing Printing Enlarging.
Located on the north side of Bath Street, four houses from the railroad. It closed when the Snyder School on Buckley and Beaver Streets was opened at an unknown date. The building was used as a furniture warehouse by Dries Furniture Store (Mill and Pond Streets) and burned in 1973. Houses have been built on the site.
Students unidentified. "(me)" written on front of photograph in ink over top of one female student.
Bloomsdale Public School, built in 1871 in Bristol Township. It was located on the north side of Green Lane (then called Bloomsdale Road) between the railroad and the canal. In 1999, a company called Loos and Dilworth occupied the site. It was reported by Charlotte Landreth Melville, the daughter of David Landreth, former owner of the Landreth Seed Company on the Bloomsdale estate. The company has in their possession the original stone which records the date.
Standing (from left to right): unidentified, unidentified, Walter Roser, Warren Snyder, [Seglit]. Seated (from left to right): unidentified, unidentified, Carmen Mignoni, Norman Ryan.
[Chalkboard reading: "Gurcsik 5/10/3 Jefferson Avenue Mannherz"]
[Children and teacher posing for class portrait in front of unidentified school]
Donated by Mary Jane Mannherz from her mother's collection (Jane McCauley Mannherz, former teacher).
[Class photograph at the Bath Street School]
Taken on the back steps of Bath Street School. It opened in 1881 and closed in 1955. Following a fire in 1973, the building was demolished. Students unidentified.
[Class photograph at unidentified school]
[Class photograph at Washington Street School]
[Class photograph of unidentified students and teachers]
From left, at top: Alicia Tortu, Christopher Mangano, Martin Hughes (Samero), Sharon Solt, Ann Abendschoe, Barbara Blosser, Susan Demshock, Jimmy Mchaughlin, Robin Taylor (Kindergarten), Robin Taylor (First Grade).
[Class photograph was made outside the entrance of a one-room school]
It may have been located near the corner of Bloomsdale Road (presently Green Lane) and East Farragut Avenue. Presently a Wawa Convenience store occupies that location. There was a school in that location that belonged to Bristol Township. None of the students nor the teacher is identified. Clothing reflects the early part of the twentieth century.
[Class photograph, possibly at Bath Street School]
Individuals unknown, however it was probably photographed at Bath St. School. Printed by Marion Whipps, Inc. Photography, 240 Mill Street, Bristol, Pennsylvania 19007.
[Class portrait, possibly at school at Wood and Mulberry Streets]
Year unknown, however, clothing worn by the students would suggest 1920s-1930s. Stamped on back of photograph: "Marion Whipps, Inc. Photography 240 Mill Street, Bristol, Pennsylvania 19007."
[Crossing guard with children at Snyder Elementary School]
Snyder Elementary School on Buckley Street opened in 1956, people unidentified.
[Dora Thompson Coville, a Bristol resident, is pictured in her classroom of Tullytown Elementary School]
Coville taught in Tullytown School from 1938-1952. Students are unidentified. Stamped on back of photograph: George Bruce Nichols Photographer, 503 East Milton Avenue, Rahway, New Jersey. Developing Printing Enlarging.
[Educators at a retirement dinner, 1952]
From left to right: Warren P. Snyder, School Superintendent, Jane Rogers, returning teacher/principal of Wood Street Elementary School, Harold W. Ferguson, high school chemistry teacher, and Edwina Sykes, high school Latin teacher.
[Eight classmates, St. Mark Parochial School Bristol, PA]
Mary Farrell (nun), Joan Farrell (nun), Mary Doyle, Etta Doyle, Katherine Roche, Alice Keating, Margaret O’Donnell (nun), Margaret Mahan.
[Elva Cruise, second grade teacher, instructs children at the Snyder Elementary School]
[Fifth grade students at Wood Street School]
Wood Street School opened in 1894. From left: Sally Farina, Elise Johnson, and Edward Leroy.
[Firemen with truck, attending to the fire at St. Mark School, Radcliffe Street]
St. Mark School Radcliffe Street fire dated 1970 (date of fire confirmed as March 7, 1970 from the Bucks County Courier Times, article dated March 9, 1970).
[Jane Rogers, Bristol Borough teacher and principal at her retirement celebration]
With her is Warren P. Snyder, Superintendent of Bristol Borough Schools. Miss Rogers had been principal of Washington Street School and Wood Street School. She made her home at 206 Jefferson Avenue.