About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0712
  • TitleNorse lass and convert
  • SummaryCaption: "Norse lass and convert--Irish Catherine Dineen (left) [with three books and bookbag in front of her] poses with Anna May Syvertsen, her Norwegian friend, who urged her to study Norwegian [at Brooklyn High School for Homemaking located at President Street and Classon Avenue]." Both girls are sitting at school desks, and there is a Norway poster on wall in background.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 20, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn High School for Homemaking (New York, N.Y.) ; Classrooms -- New York (State) -- New York ; High school students -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Brooklyn H. S. for Homemaking: General