About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1038
  • TitleHitchhikers
  • SummaryCaption: "Hitchhikers--Thwarted by sudden strike on their school bus line, [eleven male] students of Abraham Lincoln High School [located at 2800 Ocean Parkway] stand on Ocean Parkway trying to hitch rides home after classes yesterday. Bus operators agreed to resume service today;" moving automobile in foreground and portion of school in background.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 24, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham Lincoln High School (New York, N.Y.) ; Automobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; High school students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hitchhiking -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (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: Abraham Lincoln: Students