About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_0881
  • TitleLook out, below!
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 0880), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption: "Look out, below--Falling plaster and unsightly holes are common in largest high school in largest borough of nation's largest city. In Erasmus Hall [High School] classroom (0880) Margaret Levy of 32 Balfour Place, left, and Rhoda Slanger, 1302 Carroll St., try to concentrate on work amid eyesores. Another unidentified girl is sitting at desk on far left. [In 0881] Leonore Levy of 101 Ocean Parkway points to hole in Erasmus ceiling and scabby walls." The school is located at 911 Flatbush Avenue.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0881: 10 x 8 in. On versos: date stamped: Oct. 6, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on versos.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectErasmus Hall High School ; High school students -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Public: High schools: Erasmus Hall: Building: New