Perth Amboy - Beginning of A Industrial Empire

Perth Amboy - Beginnings of A Industrial Empire

1683 - 1904

Work In Progress!

Many Changes Over the History Has Taken Place Through the Ages. From the Time of Our Original Residents, the Lenape Tribe to the Present, Perth Amboy Has Weathered It All. Here Is A Look of The Perth Amboy Evening News Supplement, Mapping Out Why Perth Amboy Was A Great Town in 1904.

Halls of Ivy - Cavalcade of Music

The Halls of Ivy

Cavalcade of Music 

1967

The picture of Perth Amboy High School (AKA "The Halls of Ivy") is 

a print by Francis McGinley  circa 1982.

Cavalcade of Music 

Full Version

Perth Amboy High School (now McGinnis Middle School)
Photo taken early 1990's 

These Video were Created for the many
Perth Amboyans that 
walked the Sacred Halls of Ivy.

We came into these Halls not Knowing,
but came out 4 years later with Knowledge, 

not just by Books or Teachers but from each other.

As Classmates we arrived,

 but left as Friends

SPECIAL THANKS

to ALL that was Part of the

Cavalcade of Music

Films Created by
Fran Tripka, PAHS 1970

Bill Szemcsak PAHS 1971

Perth Amboy Shield

The Shield 

Perth Amboy High School Newspaper 

Circa 1920

Another Perth Amboy High School Newspaper 

was called the Periscope. 

See a copy of the June 1964

Periscope June 1964

 Perth Amboy High School circa 1930's

 Picture is  from the 1985 Perth Amboy Calendar 

produced by W.A.T.E.R.

Perth Amboy High School Yearbooks - Part 2

We will begin with the 1950's

1952

 1955

 In 1956, they decided to change the name of the 

Yearbook from the "Periscope" to the

"Halls of Ivy"

Halls of Ivy 1960 

 1961

1962

1963 

In the years before 1964, the yearbooks were 

10 1/2 inches by 8 inches in size

In 1964/65, they grew in size to 

12 1/2 inches by 9 1/2. 

1965

 1967

Halls of Ivy and the Year are located on the spine

of the Yearbook

1970

 1974
 The picture reflects the last class (The Class of '75) to be in both the 

old "Halls of Ivy" and the new PAHS

1975
Thanks to Peggy Konopka Martinez
for the picture of the 1975 Yearbook Cover.

 1977 

In 1978, the yearbook went thru another name change. 

The Yearbook is now called "Reflections"

1985

100th Graduating Class 

The School We Love So Well

A Record Of It's Days.....

 1985 Supplement 

100 years of PAHS

My collection for now ends here.

Will continue to add other yearbooks when found.