About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_0642
  • TitleOn the home stretch
  • SummaryTwo men moving desk on dolly, stack of dollies and two men standing on right, and parked automobile in background. Caption: "On the home stretch--Moving men today are on the last lap of the big job of bringing the Board of Education from Manhattan to its new headquarters in downtown Brooklyn. Part of the job was done last month and the present part is to be finished next Friday. With the exception of a few small offices, the school board and its 1,200 administrative employes will then be in full swing in the [110] Livingston St. and Boerum Place building."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped; approximately 1/3 of original image appears to be missing; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: June 24/40. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNew York (N.Y.) Board of Education ; Automobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Moving & storage trade -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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: Board of Education: General