Vocational guidance, Hebrew Technical Institute, circa 1920 (4502486429)

Hebrew Technical Institute was a

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. The school was founded on January 7, 1884Hebrew Technical Institute, Twenty-fifth anniversary. 1884-1909 (1909).
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on March 19, 2012. and closed in 1939. After completing two years at the school, students could specialize in

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, pattern making,

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, instrument making,

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, free-hand drawing or applied electricity. The school was founded after three Hebrew charity organizations formed a committee to promote technical education for the many Jewish immigrants arriving in New York at the time. The school originally opened at 206 East Broadway. After a number of relocations, the school moved into 34 and 36

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Notable alumni

Bern Dibner Bern Dibner (18August 18976January 1988) was an electrical engineer, industrialist, and historian of science and technology. He originated two major US library collections in the history of science and technology. Biography Dibner was born in Lis ...

, founder of the

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Corporation, graduated ca. 1916. Also a book collector and scholar in the history of science, founder of the

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Irving Fierstein Irving Fierstein (January 11, 1915 – May 25, 2009) was a Brooklyn-born artist whose work spanned over half a century was the son of Romanian and Polish Jewish immigrant parents and raised on New York City's lower east side. In his lifetime Fiers ...

(1915- 2009), artist *

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(1889–1986), Hall of Fame pro basketball player and coach *

Arthur Hamerschlag Arthur Arton Hamerschlag (November 25, 1872 – July 20, 1927) was an American electrical and mechanical engineer who served as the first President of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Early life He was born ...

, first President of

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, class of 1889. *

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, actor.

References

External links

* 1937 Graduation Program
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Shopwork leaflets, metalwork, 1909

"Senior E" class photo, 1937

Poster of students and faculty, 1937

Photo: Vocational guidance, Hebrew Technical Institute, circa 1920
{{authority control Educational institutions established in 1884 Defunct schools in New York City 1939 disestablishments in New York (state) Private high schools in Manhattan 1884 establishments in New York (state)