About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0756
  • Title[Laying cornerstone at Brooklyn Technical High School]
  • SummaryCornerstone laying at Brooklyn Technical High School, 29 Fort Greene Place. Left to right, Louis H. Pink from the Board of Education; Meyer Spinner, representing bricklayers; John E. Ruston, laying cornerstone, and Albert Colsten, school principal. There is an unidentified young man, presumably a student, standing in upper left, a large American flag on each side, and a bucket and trowel in left foreground.
  • Date1932
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle 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