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TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOKS

Trenton's educational institutions, through their yearbooks, provide an invaluable record of the many generations of Trentonians who have passed through their doors. Various schools have existed over the years, the most prominent being Trenton Central High School, the city's public senior secondary institution which calls it yearbook the 'Bobashela'. Several parochial schools existed at various times. Cathedral High School with the appropriately named 'Cathedral' closed its doors in 1972. Trenton Catholic Boys' High School and its 'Immaculata' ceased to exist in 1962. Several of the junior high schools have also produced yearbooks. Junior High School #1, now Martin Luther King Middle School, issued the 'Crucible'; Junior High School #2, now Carroll Robbins School, had the 'Tiger'; Junior High School #4, now Grace Dunn Middle School, published the 'Argus' and Junior High School #5's yearbook was known as the 'Galathea'.

The only repository for Trenton's yearbooks is the Trentoniana Collection of the Trenton Public Library. Unfortunately their collection is far from complete. Bobashelas are missing for the years 1918 thru 1921, 1944, 1957, 1961, 1969, 1983, & 1985. It is unclear when the other secondary schools started printing yearbooks. Twenty-two years of the 'Cathedral' are preserved (1931, 1932, 1937, 1942, 1945 thru 1949, 1954 thru 1959, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971 & 1972). The earliest year of the 'Immaculata' available is 1930, with the 1937 -1940 & 1947 issues missing. Only 3 editions of the 'Crucible', 1950, 1952 & 1953; one of the 'Tiger', 1984; and 2 of the 'Galathea', 1948 & 1949 have been found. There are issues of the 'Argus' for 1928, 1929, 1931 thru 1944, 1946 thru 1948, 1953 thru 1959, 1964 & 1966.

The Trenton Historical Society's Artifacts Committee has made filling in the gaps of missing yearbooks one its top priorities. We are seeking donations, but can arrange to make copies, or in limited circumstances will purchase, the missing yearbooks. They will be housed in the Trentoniana Collection and available for public inspection by researchers or classmates.

Please email Gary Nigh at artifacts@trentonhistory.org or phone Wendy Nardi at the Trenton Public Library (609-392-7188), if you have one of the missing yearbooks.

 
 
1923 BOBASHELA
1924 BOBASHELA
1926 BOBASHELA
1927 BOBASHELA
1928 BOBASHELA
1929 BOBASHELA
1930 BOBASHELA
1931 BOBASHELA
1937 BOBASHELA
1938 BOBASHELA
1940 BOBASHELA
1941 BOBASHELA
1948 BOBASHELA
1949 BOBASHELA
1950 BOBASHELA
1956 BOBASHELA
1958 BOBASHELA
 
1931 CATHEDRAL
1937 CATHEDRAL
1942 CATHEDRAL
1945 CATHEDRAL
1946 CATHEDRAL
1948 CATHEDRAL
1949 CATHEDRAL
1954 CATHEDRAL
1955 CATHEDRAL
1956 CATHEDRAL
1957 CATHEDRAL
1958 CATHEDRAL
1959 CATHEDRAL
1961 CATHEDRAL
1970 CATHEDRAL
1971 CATHEDRAL
1972 CATHEDRAL
 
 
1930 IMMACULATA
1931 IMMACULATA
1932 IMMACULATA
1933 IMMACULATA
1934 IMMACULATA
1935 IMMACULATA
1936 IMMACULATA
1941 IMMACULATA
1943 IMMACULATA
1944 IMMACULATA
1945 IMMACULATA
1946 IMMACULATA
1948 IMMACULATA
1949 IMMACULATA
1950 IMMACULATA
1951 IMMACULATA
1952 IMMACULATA
1953 IMMACULATA
1954 IMMACULATA
1955 IMMACULATA
1958 IMMACULATA
1959 IMMACULATA
1960 IMMACULATA
1961 IMMACULATA
1962 IMMACULATA
 
 
1950 CRUCIBLE
1952 CRUCIBLE
 
 
1933 ARGUS
1934 ARGUS
1935 ARGUS
1936 ARGUS
1937 ARGUS
1939 ARGUS
1942 ARGUS
1947 ARGUS
1957 ARGUS
1958 ARGUS
1966 ARGUS
 

High quality photocopies of images from Trenton High School Yearbooks are available for $5 per copy. Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope; a check made out to the Trenton Historical Society; and a note with the graduate's name & the yearbook name & date to:

Trenton Historical Society
P.O. Box 1112
Trenton, NJ 08606
 

Email society@trentonhistory.org with any questions.

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