BEFORE YOU CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE, A WARNING:
1) YOU MUST BE A REAL LOVER OF HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL, ALSO KNOWN AS HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL WEST WATSON OR WATSON WEST. REASON: IT HAS TAKEN ME HOURS AND HOURS TO COMPILE THIS INFORMATION AND INCORPORATE IT INTO A PUBLIC PRESENTATION. THERE ARE 400 HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL DIGITAL GRAPHICS IN THE PRESENTATION, AND IT WILL TAKE A VERY LONG TIME TO VIEW THEM ALL. HOWEVER, TO SPEED THROUGH THE PROGRAM, PRESSING THE " > " ICON WILL ADVANCE IMMEDIATELY TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ETC.
2) YOU WILL NOTE THAT MANY OF THE PHOTOS ARE NEWS ARTICLES WHICH ARE TOO LARGE TO BE LEGIBLE. THIS IS UNFORTUNATE, BUT IT WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE DEPTH OF THE HAMILTON LIBRARY'S HAMILTON HIGH LOCAL HISTORY DATABASE.
3) DESPITE THE ABOVE DISADVANTAGE, MANY OF THE GRAPHICS ARE QUITE LEGIBLE. THOSE THAT ARE LEGIBLE MUST BE PAUSED IN ORDER TO READ THEM. CLICK ON THE PAUSE ICON TO READ IT COMPLETELY AND THEN CLICK THE PLAY ICON TO RESUME.
4) AT THE VERY LOWER LEFT OF THE SCREEN, CLICK ON THE FULL SCREEN ICON TO ASSIST IN READING THE SMALL PRINT. REMEMBER TO HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON. IF YOU FORGET, CLICK ON THE " < " PREVIOUS SLIDE AND REPEAT THE SLIDE.
5) THE MERE SIZE OF THIS DATABASE PRECLUDES THE POSSIBILITY OF PRESENTING THE GRAPHICS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. IT CAN BE DONE, BUT IT WOULD TAKE MANY HOURS. THEREFORE, CONSIDER THESE GRAPHICS AS RANDOM SUBJECTS.
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YOU WILL NOTE THAT THERE ARE NOT MANY POSTS AFTER THE EARLY 1960'S. THERE IS A REASON: AS ONE OF THE VERY FEW SENIOR CITIZENS WHO ARE SOMEWHAT COMPETENT IN ARCHIVING LOCAL HISTORY, I CONCENTRATED ON THE FIRST HALF CENTURY OF HHS, LEAVING THE MORE RECENT YEARS TO SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS.
TO ALL THOSE DYED IN THE WOOL HAMILTON HORNETS WHO TOOK THE TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS EXTENSIVE DATABASE, THANK YOU. SEND YOUR COMMENTS AT TGLOVER320@OPTIMUM.NET
