"This picture was taken when we had the old building (P.S. 8).

In this picture, I would say that it not only shows the dresses and the costumes and the bows and this and that.

I think they had about 40 or 50 in the classroom. I would say it would be 5A or 5B.

It also shows that in those days, the illumination was by gas jet. I hate to admit I'm in that picture (one that speaks about the age of gas jets!)

The teacher was in the back of the room, and as I remember her, her name was Miss Mooney. And in those days, we certainly had, under her jurisdiction, to pay attention to what she was teaching.

It was very reminiscent of a very wonderful school's existence in the Bronx, on Moshulu Parkway around Bainbridge Avenue. It's a beautiful picture of olden days."