Sometimes it’s difficult for me to remember every place has a history regardless if residents care for it or not. However, it’s the most difficult when I think about the borough I live in, The Bronx. During my senior year of high school, I received an invitation from The Bronx County Historical Society to join an event. The society invited valedictorians from every Bronx High School to attend this awards reception. This event took place outside next to the Museum of Bronx History where the hosts provided food and entertainment. During the event, people spoke to the guests about either the society, the museum or the Bronx itself. However, I mainly think about how someone told us about how we’ll end up coming back to the Bronx long into our lives
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One of the books I received tells the history from 1935-1965 and belongs to a series that started in 1979 with The Beautiful Bronx: 1920-1950 then followed by The Bronx in the Innocent Years: 1800-1925. However, while browsing the store I discovered another book, that resembles the other in the series, not mentioned in my book’s dust jacket flap called The Birth of the Bronx: 1609-1900. Since I only have one book from this series, I’ll base the structure and their messages from that. My book, The Bronx It Was Only Yesterday: 1935-1965, starts off with an introduction that describes many events and thoughts during the period stated above, such as the residents’ thoughts about the New Deal’s programs, the construction of projects, and how the trolley routes were discontinued. The rest of the book separates itself into different sections with pictures and captions. However, the book that focuses on the 1600s to 1900 might not have photos depicting the Bronx, but it could display pictures of artifacts or paintings. Two main features I noticed about my book deals with what the images portrayed—everyday life and discontinued elements. By ‘everyday’, I mainly refer to the dozens of pictures showing some kind of construction, such as people repairing a road, constructing a highway or placing a street sign. Other daily occurrences presented are shopping, going to school as well as eating at a restaurant. Though, with these examples, they encapsulate other elements that happen to be discontinued or altered now. For example, a popular department store, that the book displays, called Alexander’s defunct in 1992 and even the price changed in restaurants for sodas, going from 15 cents to a dollar or more. Since the book illustrates numerous examples of daily life I concluded it held a strong importance to the society’s message and goal. Before elaborating I’ll move on to other
One of the books I received tells the history from 1935-1965 and belongs to a series that started in 1979 with The Beautiful Bronx: 1920-1950 then followed by The Bronx in the Innocent Years: 1800-1925. However, while browsing the store I discovered another book, that resembles the other in the series, not mentioned in my book’s dust jacket flap called The Birth of the Bronx: 1609-1900. Since I only have one book from this series, I’ll base the structure and their messages from that. My book, The Bronx It Was Only Yesterday: 1935-1965, starts off with an introduction that describes many events and thoughts during the period stated above, such as the residents’ thoughts about the New Deal’s programs, the construction of projects, and how the trolley routes were discontinued. The rest of the book separates itself into different sections with pictures and captions. However, the book that focuses on the 1600s to 1900 might not have photos depicting the Bronx, but it could display pictures of artifacts or paintings. Two main features I noticed about my book deals with what the images portrayed—everyday life and discontinued elements. By ‘everyday’, I mainly refer to the dozens of pictures showing some kind of construction, such as people repairing a road, constructing a highway or placing a street sign. Other daily occurrences presented are shopping, going to school as well as eating at a restaurant. Though, with these examples, they encapsulate other elements that happen to be discontinued or altered now. For example, a popular department store, that the book displays, called Alexander’s defunct in 1992 and even the price changed in restaurants for sodas, going from 15 cents to a dollar or more. Since the book illustrates numerous examples of daily life I concluded it held a strong importance to the society’s message and goal. Before elaborating I’ll move on to other