About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1407
  • TitleSteady as she goes, mate
  • SummaryCaption: "'Steady as she goes, mate!'--From his crew to his ability at the sheel, Lawrence Merrill of 1620 Ocean Ave., a third grader at Public School 193 [located at 2515 Avenue L], is all Navy. Tutored by Capt. Niels H. Olsen, skipper of the U.S.N.S. Geiger, Merrill was one of 32 children aboard the Military Sea Transportation Service ship."
  • Date1952
  • 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: caption stamped: Oct. 19, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 193 (New York, N.Y.) ; Pilots and pilotage -- New York (State) -- New York ; School children -- 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: P.S. #193