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Herman covers immigrant demographics and WPA-era evening programs at PS 15 Annex

New York City Council · Jul 9, 2026 · starts 0:27:06 · 28 sec

Herman describes the 1920s downtown Brooklyn immigrant population from Lithuania, Italy, Poland, Ireland, and the Netherlands reflected in the school, and the WPA-funded evening vocational and English language programs for adults in the 1930s.

Margaret Herman

In the mid-1920s, the population of downtown Brooklyn surrounding the school was primarily immigrants from Europe, including Lithuania, Italy, Poland, Ireland, and the Netherlands.

Margaret Herman

And this was reflected in the girls'continuation school's student and teacher populations.

Margaret Herman

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Margaret Herman

With funding from the WPA, the school also became an evening vocational and English language school for adult men and women in the 1930s.

Margaret Herman

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