About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0272
  • TitleNew campus in Queens for St. John's University
  • SummaryCaption: "New campus in Queens for St. John's University--This is architect Henry V. Murphy's [aerial view] drawing of the 13-building, 100-acre campus for St. John's University, construction of which will start next Feb. 11. Site is the present Hillcrest Golf Club property, purchased by the Brooklyn university in 1936. It is bounded by Grand Central Parkway, 168th., Union Turnpike and Utopia Parkway."
  • Date1953
  • 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 verso: caption stamped: Jun[e] 18, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorStudly, Adolph [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. John's University (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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: Adult: St. John's University: Buildings