About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1193
  • TitleHomes to be torn down
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 1192), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two small, three-story, wood-frame, shingled houses with large American flags on porches and six signs on steps, shubbery, driveway, and lawn. Inscription: "474 [with awning over front porch] and 470 East 8th St., part of 25 homes to be torn down to make room for new school [J.H.S. 62, Cortelyou Road and East 7th Street]."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note1192 is a close-up, enlargement of 1193 showing house entrances, signs, driveway, and front lawns. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 28, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • SubjectSigns and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wooden-frame houses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: J.H.S. #62: II