About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_1288
  • TitleThe P.S. 26 graduating class
  • SummaryGroup of forty-five boys sitting and standing in a posed photograph, the graduating class of PS 26 in June, 1899. The school is currently located at 1014 Lafayette Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant.
  • Date1899, published 1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On recto: "The graduating class, P.S. no. 26, June, 1899" printed above image. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 28, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from inscription on recto.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • SubjectPublic School 26 (New York, N.Y.) ; School children -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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. #26