About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0002
  • Title[Log cabins and stockade]
  • SummaryCaption: "Differing from the usual run of ugly contractor's shanties is the log cabin and stockade erected on the athletic field of Brooklyn College under development by WPA landscapers. The log cabin replaced the standard WPA work site shanty and the stockade encloses from the public view large piles of materials required in the development."
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Feb. 26/39. Title from inscription on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn College ; Log cabins -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Adult: Brooklyn College: Buildings: Construction: 1930's