Picture from a 1942 issue of the Forest Hills - Kew Gardens Post. Click image to enlarge
Picture from a the story from the July 17, 1942 issue of the Forest Hills - Kew Gardens Post. Click image to enlarge
A clipping about some P.S. 99 students from an unknown newspaper in 1943. Click image to enlarge and to find out the names of those pictured.
"General John J. Pershing has been visiting Kew Gardens, being the guest of his nephew, Fred Pershing. General Pershing is well known in Kew Gardens, where he is frequently a visitor, and he is always welcomed and honored there."
"Gen. John J. Pershing at Kew Gardens", The Richmond Hill Record a local newspaper] (Oct. 12, 1923).
01/10/08
[Open] Thanks to Tayyab Siddiqui for a P.S. 99 class photograph of Grade 1 (1990).
01/05/08
[Open] Added then and now pictures of 103 Mowbray Drive.
01/01/08
[Open] Added then and now pictures of 83rd Avenue west of Lefferts Boulevard to the 2008 Guestbook.
12/01/07
[Open] Added 1936 and 2003 pictures of Talbot Street at the corner of 83rd Drive to the December 2007 Guest Book page.
11/01/07
[Open] Added c. 1972 pictures of 120th Street looking north from 85th Avenue, and a house that stood at 84-44 120th Street, to the November 2007 Guest Book page.
10/16/07
[Open] Thanks to Rod Nalven for a P.S. 99 class photograph of Grade 6-2 (1954).
10/01/07
[Open] Added a 1907 picture of Kew Gardens looking down Abingdon Road to the October 2007 Guestbook page.
09/14/07
[Open] Added a history of the West Side Tennis club in Forest Hills. The article supplements a page about the Kew Gardens Country Club.
09/01/07
[Open] Added 1964 and 2007 photographs of Kew Gardens Road to the September 2007 Guestbook page.
11/20/03
Carol Paplin has put together a slideshow on her snapfish.com web page of the Nov. 15th reunion. To view the photographs, click on Link No. 1 below, and register by giving your name and email address and choosing a password. If Link No. 1 does not work, try Link No. 2. Close out the window to return here.
[LINK NO. 1]
[LINK NO. 2]
May 11, 2008: Community Day (June 1st)
May 11, 2008: Art from the Urban Village (May 14th)
May 11, 2008: Guestbook
May 06, 2008: Where Are They?
Mar. 31, 2008: Kitty Genovese Message Board
Mar. 30, 2008: Special Feature 2
Mar. 29, 2008: Special Feature 1
Mar. 01, 2008: Latest P.S. 99 Class Pictures
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Feb. 22, 2008: Latest web page
Jan. 05, 2008: New book
Updates to other Web Sites:
Feb. 14, 2007: Kew Gardens Civic Ass'n Web Site
Oct. 06, 2007: Kew Gardens Movie Web site
Forest Hills High School Alumni Message Board
Forest Hills High School Classes of '60's Reunion
Latest Yahoo weather forecast for Kew Gardens, NY
Past Updates to this Web Site:
01/10/08
[Open] Thanks to Tayyab Siddiqui for a P.S. 99 class photograph of Grade 1 (1990).
01/05/08
[Open] Added then and now pictures of 103 Mowbray Drive.
01/01/08
[Open] Added then and now pictures of 83rd Avenue west of Lefferts Boulevard to the 2008 Guestbook.
12/01/07
[Open] Added 1936 and 2003 pictures of Talbot Street at the corner of 83rd Drive to the December 2007 Guest Book page.
11/01/07
[Open] Added c. 1972 pictures of 120th Street looking north from 85th Avenue, and a house that stood at 84-44 120th Street, to the November 2007 Guest Book page.
10/16/07
[Open] Thanks to Rod Nalven for a P.S. 99 class photograph of Grade 6-2 (1954).
10/01/07
[Open] Added a 1907 picture of Kew Gardens looking down Abingdon Road to the October 2007 Guestbook page.
09/14/07
[Open] Added a history of the West Side Tennis club in Forest Hills. The article supplements a page about the Kew Gardens Country Club.
09/01/07
[Open] Added 1964 and 2007 photographs of Kew Gardens Road to the September 2007 Guestbook page.
11/20/03
Carol Paplin has put together a slideshow on her snapfish.com web page of the Nov. 15th reunion. To view the photographs, click on Link No. 1 below, and register by giving your name and email address and choosing a password. If Link No. 1 does not work, try Link No. 2. Close out the window to return here.
[LINK NO. 1] [LINK NO. 2]