Proceedings of the Board of Aldermen, 1903: teachers' salaries for 1904, Public School No. 72, Brooklyn (Josephine Lynas)
29 September 1903 · Proceedings of the Board of Aldermen of the City of New York, 1903 (New York, 1903), meeting of 29 September 1903; Library of Congress copy
Named here: Josephine Lynas
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Transcription
Read from the page image (scan n1189). The schedule is part of the Board of Education's estimate of "the moneys that will be required for the support of the public schools during the year nineteen hundred and four", laid before the Board of Aldermen; it lists every teacher by school with three columns: "Salary at Jan. 1, 1904", "Amount for 1904" and "Increase".
PUBLIC SCHOOL NO. 72.
BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN.
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Minnie A. Byram ........ 1,240 00 | 1,240 00 | ........
Josephine Lynas ........ 840 00 | 853 33 | 13 33
Juliette F. Crawford ........ 1,240 00 | 1,240 00 | ........
The school's list is headed by W. T. B. S. Imlay at $3,500 (a principal's salary; in 1905 he was principal of Public School 73).
Citation: Proceedings of the Board of Aldermen of the City of New York, 1903, meeting of 29 September 1903, p. 1946, Board of Education estimate for 1904, Public School No. 72, Borough of Brooklyn, entry for Josephine Lynas; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofbo1903newy_0, scan n1189), accessed 10 November 2026. The Internet Archive catalogues the volume with the date "1831"; its pages are of 1903.
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| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josephine Lynas | Occupation | Teacher, Public School No. 72, Borough of Brooklyn; salary $840 a year at 1 January 1904, $853.33 budgeted for 1904 | No occupation | new |