About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_0978
  • TitleNeedle trade students
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 0979, SCHL 0977), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three images of students at Sarah J. Hale Vocational High School located at 345 Dean Street. Captions: 0977: "Students at the Brooklyn High School of Women's Garment Trades [later renamed] examine one of dresses made as part of school course in dressmaking. Left to right are Sylvia Stern, Mary Guerra and Rosalie DeMaria." 0978: "Camilla Lieboff of 4804 16th Ave. tells Adrienne Irving of 599 Quincy St. that the pretty dress she's trying on is 'just made for you'." 0979: "Studying the workmanship of a jacket are Martha Rokita of 95 Dupont St. and Pauline Ruffin of 402 Nostrand Ave." Two of the students are African American.
  • Date1946-1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso of 0979.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSarah J. Hale Vocational High School ; African American girls -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dressmaking -- New York (State) -- New York ; 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: Sarah J. Hale Vocational