Sometimes it seems that old photos of school students catch them with their most serious faces showing.


That's true of a lot of the children on this photo, submitted by Robert Di Domizio of Lansdale.

The attached photo is of the Clifton School that was located on West Fifth street, near Mitchell Avenue, Lansdale.

The picture was taken in 1917 or 1918 and was found among the photographs belonging to Clinton Lutz Sr., by Ann Patti Lutz, Clinton's daughter-in-law, according to Di Domizio.

Lutz was a long ago borough businessman.

Some of the known students include:

Top row: William Lutz, third from the right; Maria (Mary) Maiorano, right end.

Middle row: Clinton Lutz, fifth from the left.

Front row: Adelina Maiorano, fourth from the left (Di Domizio's mother); Mary Molettiere, second from the right; and Michele (Mike) Maiorano, third from the right.

As near as can be determined, many of the students were from the North Cannon Avenue area, Di Domizio said.

At the time the picture was taken, Cannon Avenue was alternately known as Third Avenue and the "Herman & Pool" Block, in Hatfield Township, he said.

It became part of Lansdale in the mid 1920s.

After the school closed in the 1930s, it became the private residence of Rosario and Anna Sciacca, Di Domizio said.