About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1371
  • TitleStart of new wing
  • SummaryCaption: "Start of new wing--Wielding spades in traditional ceremonies for addition to P. S. 139 [located at 330 Rugby Road] are, left to right, Daniel G. Connolly, chairman of local school board; Mrs. Olga Rutner, Parent-Teacher Association president; Maximilian Moss, president of Board of Education; his five-year-old grandson, Richard Sweedler, a pupil at the school, and Borough Secretary Joseph Reich. Parents are demanding immediate clean-up of 'pig sty' classroom in overcrowded 50-year-old present building."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Nov. 17, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 139 (New York, N.Y.) ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Shovels -- 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: P.S. #139