About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0795
  • TitleBroken wall, missing desk
  • SummaryCaption: "Broken wall, missing desk--They don't keep Elizabeth Noweth, 16, of 91 Stockholm St., [student at Bushwick High School, 400 Irving Avenue,] from copying her chemistry notes. She wears her coat through a five-hour school day because wardrobes are unusable, writes on her lap for want of a better desk. Hole in wall at her right does not lend to academic atmosphere."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 19, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBushwick 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: Bushwick