About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1278
  • TitleJust like home
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 1279), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption: "Just like home--Little things--like a cozy wood-burning fireplace in the kindergarten--add up to make going to school an attractive daily event. The hearth is believed to be the only one of its kind in a local school and bolsters Assistant Superintendent of Schools Joseph C. Noethen's claim that P. S. 20 [located at 225 Adelphi Street] is'the most modern school in New York City.' ..."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note1278 and 1279 are identical. 1279: Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: Brooklyn Eagle stamp; 1278: date stamped: Oct. 24, 1951; 1279: caption stamped: Nov. 11, 1951. Title from caption on verso of 1279.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 20 (New York, N.Y.) ; Fireplaces -- New York (State) -- New York ; Kindergarten -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: P.S. #20