About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1290
  • TitleP.S. 27
  • SummaryCaption: "P.S. 27, [a large, three-story, brick building under construction,] closest to Red Hook's extensive housing project, is the first school to be built by WPA in Brooklyn. Beset with labor troubles at the height of the work, pupils and teachers of the old school building, erected in 1869, will soon be able to move into the new building at Hicks and Huntington Streets, originally proposed for construction during 1941;" utility pole and "One way" sign in foreground.
  • Date[194-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso.
  • SubjectPublic School 27 (New York, N.Y.) ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Elementary school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceRed Hook (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: P.S. #27