About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0898
  • TitleFort Hamilton playground under construction
  • SummaryCaption: "New Fort Hamilton playground under construction--In the foreground is shown the new Fort Hamilton playground, 83d to 85th Sts. and Colonial Road, which is being constructed by the WPA and the Park Department. ... In the background may be seen the steel framework of the Fort Hamilton High School now being erected [at 8301 Shore Road]. Both the playground and the high school are on the site of the grounds formerly occupied by the Crescent Athletic Club."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date inscribed: Aug 22/40. Title from caption on verso.
  • SubjectConstruction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Playgrounds -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (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: Fort Hamilton