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, 1983, & 1985. It is unclear when the other secondary schools started printing yearbooks. Twenty-three years of the ‘Cathedral’ are preserved (1931, 1932, 1937, 1942, 1945 thru 1949, 1954 thru 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971 & 1972). The earliest year of the ‘Immaculata’ available is 1930, with the 1937 -1939 & 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.
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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 phone Wendy Nardi at the Trenton Public Library (609-392-7188), if you have one of the missing yearbooks.
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- 1923 BOBASHELA
- 1924 BOBASHELA
- 1926 BOBASHELA
- 1927 BOBASHELA
- 1928 BOBASHELA
- 1929 BOBASHELA
- 1930 BOBASHELA
- 1931 BOBASHELA
- 1937 BOBASHELA
- 1938 BOBASHELA
- 1940 BOBASHELA
- 1941 BOBASHELA
- 1947 BOBASHELA
- 1948 BOBASHELA
- 1949 BOBASHELA
- 1950 BOBASHELA
- 1951 BOBASHELA
- 1953 BOBASHELA
- 1956 BOBASHELA
- 1958 BOBASHELA
- 1966 BOBASHELA
- 1969 BOBASHELA
- 1973 BOBASHELA
- 1975 BOBASHELA
- 1979 BOBASHELA
- 1931 CATHEDRAL
- 1932 CATHEDRAL
- 1937 CATHEDRAL
- 1942 CATHEDRAL
- 1945 CATHEDRAL
- 1946 CATHEDRAL
- 1947 CATHEDRAL
- 1948 CATHEDRAL
- 1949 CATHEDRAL
- 1954 CATHEDRAL
- 1955 CATHEDRAL
- 1956 CATHEDRAL
- 1957 CATHEDRAL
- 1958 CATHEDRAL
- 1959 CATHEDRAL
- 1960 CATHEDRAL
- 1961 CATHEDRAL
- 1970 CATHEDRAL
- 1971 CATHEDRAL
- 1972 CATHEDRAL
- 1930 IMMACULATA
- 1931 IMMACULATA
- 1932 IMMACULATA
- 1933 IMMACULATA
- 1934 IMMACULATA
- 1935 IMMACULATA
- 1936 IMMACULATA
- 1940 IMMACULATA
- 1941 IMMACULATA
- 1942 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
- 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 $7 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
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Email trentonhistoricalsoc@gmail.com with any questions.
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