About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1465
  • TitleGround breaking for new P. S. 251
  • SummaryCaption: "Ground breaking for new P. S. 251--Architect's drawing of elementary school building for which ground will be broken at Avenue I and East 54th St. in ceremony at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. Borough President Cashmore and Vito F. Lanza, vice president of the Board of Education, will be among the speakers. New school, to cost $1,141,323, will accommodate 878 pupils in grades from kindergarten to 6-B."
  • Date[1950?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteOn recto: "Public School 251, Brooklyn; Eric Kebbon, architect" printed below image. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 9, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 251 (New York, N.Y.) ; Elementary school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (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. #251