What was it like to live and grow up in Shaker Heights in the 30s, 40s, 50s and so on? Check out these vintage photos to see for yourself.

What was it like to live and grow up in Shaker Heights in the 30s, 40s, 50s and so on? Check out these vintage photos to see for yourself.

Photos courtesy Cleveland Memory Project

Alvin E. Jaffe, aged 13, poses in his usher’s uniform in front of the Shaker Theatre on Lee Road at Kinsman Road, 1939.
Amy Perttula and Jane Bell sit near the Chagrin-Lee-Avalon shopping area in Shaker Heights.
Arthur Conley at Shaker Heights Junior High School. 1942
Barbara Gross, a fourth-grader at Malvern Elementary School, listens to a recording on headphones in the school library. 1966
Bill Louy stands at a chalkboard at the Church of St. Dominic School in Shaker Heights., 1942
Boxing Match at Shaker Heights High School, Ed Meyer versus Alvin E. Jaffe, c. 1942-1943.
Byron Junior High School students Ellen Picard, 12, 2681 Rochester Rd.; Barry Levin, 14, 22390 South Woodland Rd.; and Curt Hartman, 14, 2158 Landon Rd. in a play.
Cast of ‘The Gingerbread Boy,’ Grade 1, Miss Neustadt, Moreland Elementary School, Fall 1954
Caring for plants in the greenhouse on the roof of Shaker Heights High, 1956
Children in costume at Ludlow School, 1936
Children in musical revue at St. Dominic’s School, 1962
Chinning at Shaker Heights High School, 1942
Circle dance at Shaker Heights High School, 1959
Dan Passell, David Akers, and Frank Carr work on projects in industrial class at Shaker Heights Junior High., 1940
David Thomas sits at his desk at Fernway Elementary School in Shaker Heights., 1966
Dr. Bertha Maraffie poses with George Jasper, Sharilyn Tyree, and Nancy Goulder in music at Moreland Elementary
Examining skin graft on rat at Shaker Heights High School, 1961
Richard Shinski and his class of 20 fifth graders from Moreland School in Shaker Heights study erosion on the shores of Lake Erie. This was the last stop on a conservation field trip yesterday. The class followed Doan Brook from Horseshoe Lake in Shaker to where it empties into Lake Erie at Gordon Park. The three youngsters closely examining the soil are Sandra Baron, 10, of 3596 Lindholm Dr. (left), Larry Elder [sp-see note], 10, of 3694 Hildana Dr., and Paul Schwartz, 10, of 3318 Van Aken Blvd.
Francis and Donald Elliott on bikes at the Shaker Festival, an annual event sponsored by the Shaker Square Merchants’ Association, 1936 at Shaker Square.
James Gill greets Herbert Lindahl and Sally Schaffer, students at Onaway Elementary School., 1942
Mrs. Vivian Feldt and Principal Egburt Neiman check books in the new library at Byron Junior High School., 1957
Jean Davis, Virginia Leeb (seated), Marcey Lynn, and Bob Thobaben write the Bagga gag from the Freckles comic strip on the chalkboard at Shaker Heights High School., 1941
Onaway School pupils planting willow trees along Doan Brook in Shaker Heights., 1941
Photograph of A.M. Kindergarten class, Fernway Elementary School, 1951.
Reverend Paul Clines leads a service for Julie Dittoe, Kathleen Kerwin, Nancy Kerwin, and Eileen Flaherty at Church of Saint Dominic in Shaker Heights. 1949
Shaker Heights High School juniors Roger Sindell and Irene Parker, co-editors of Shaker Speaks hand out fliers., 1959
Students read in the Fernway Elementary School library., 1982
Upper classmen at Shaker adopt new underclassmen during first weeks of school. Mary Joe Chiara (left), though she doesn’t look it, is the little sister and her big sister is Ann Ferguson.

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