About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0036
  • TitlePlayground extension
  • SummaryCaption: "Playground extension--Existing playground of Public School 44, Throop and Putnam Aves., where Commissioner Moses has proposed acquiring additional space ... as part of program to combat juvenile delinquency in Bedford Stuyvesant ..." There are portions of several apartment houses in background.
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 7, 1944. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 44 (New York, N.Y.) ; Playgrounds -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Parks: Playgrounds: General