U.S. First Communions: St. Joseph Hill Academy (Staten Island, New York, 1959)


Figure 1.-- -We see a range of First Communion celebrations in the post-War era. Some were more formal than others. This is a formal First Communion at St. Joseph Hill Academy in Staten Island, New York. It was a girls' school, but apparently they took boys in the early elementary years. Like many early color photographs, the prints and negatives are deteriorating.

We see a range of First Communion celebrations in the post-War era. Some were more formal than others. This is a formal First Communion at St. Joseph Hill Academy in Staten Island, New York. It was a girls' school, but appreently they took boys in the early elementary years. This was a very formal First Communion celebration. The boys all wear short pants suits with white knee socks and shoes. We are guessing that the jackets were the same, but we can not tell from the image here. The girls also wear similar, perhaps even identical junior wedding dresses. Note the hems wee about the same length. The girls seem to be all wearing white ankle socks, but it is a little difficult to tell. The parents wee obviously given very strict insdytructions on how to dress the children. All these outfits woukd have been especially purchased for this event. Obviously the junior wedding dresses were. A few boys may have had white short pants suits, but we doubt if very many did.







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