About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0766
  • Title[Brooklyn Technical High School cornerstone laying]
  • SummaryClose-up of cornerstone laying ceremony at Brooklyn Technical High School, 29 Fort Greene Place, with, left to right, Louis H. Pink, John E. Ruston [with trowel in right hand], and Principal Albert L. Colston. There is another man, partially visible, on the left, two large American flags hanging on brick wall in background, and bucket in left foreground.
  • Date1931
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "Eagle" printed in white ink in lower right. On verso: date inscribed: Oct. 25/31. Retouched. Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Technical High School (New York, N.Y.) ; Cornerstone laying -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Schools: Public: High schools: Brooklyn Technical H. S.: Building: Construction