About This Item

  • Call NumberOSOS_0021
  • TitleJunior High School 218 James P. Sinnott pin
  • SummaryColor digital image of decorative pin from 1973 showing graduate in cap and gown sitting on top of globe; lettering around figure reads, "JAMES P. SINNOTT I. S. 218 BROOKLYN -- SENIOR"; school located at 370 Fountain Avenue, Brownsville.
  • Date[2015]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, TIFF, color
  • Genredigital images
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Three dimensional object (2.75 inches in diameter) digitially photographed on Aug. 29, 2015 as a TIFF. Donated for capture by Cheryl M. Lowry at New Lots Library. Collected through the Our Streets, Our Stories community heritage project, a part of the Culture in Transit grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge.
  • SubjectButtons (Information artifacts) -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Middle schools -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionOur Streets, Our Stories collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).