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Prospect Heights High School
Prospect Heights High School

[Girls Commercial High School students]

Image represented is one of a related set (SCHL 1101), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images: caption (1101): "Their [eight] classmates aren't merely eyeing the center trio, Mickey Pollin, Fritzi Kohlhagen and Doris Bloom--they are concentrating on their position. It's part of the Stanislavsky method of teaching dramatics which students in Girls Commercial [High School] study ..." 1102: "There's nothing like a rhythm exercise to relax a drama student ... Demonstrating this ... aspect of the Stanislavsky method are Mary Smith, Zelda Herman and Eleanor Castellano. [Three other girls on far right are cropped out.] Carrie C. Dulakis, their dramatics teacher, is shown on the extreme left." The school, located at 883 Classon Avenue, later changed its name to Prospect Heights High School.

IMAGE DATE1946
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