About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1340
  • TitleStreamlined school
  • SummaryCaption: "Streamlined school--An architect's drawing of P.S. 98 [located at 2611 Avenue Z] in the Sheepshead Bay section, for which ground will be broken tomorrow. The school will have accomodations for 800 pupils and will be of red brick;" several automobiles, pedestrians, and trees in foreground. Note: The school closed in 1964.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On recto: "Chester Price, 1948" written in lower left corner of image; "Sheepshead Bay school, Brooklyn; Eric Kebbon, architect" printed below image. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 25, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • SubjectPublic School 98 (New York, N.Y.) ; Elementary school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (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. #98