About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0166
  • TitleDesecrated
  • SummaryClose-up of woman (face not seen) holding ripped flag over wooden desk in public school of uncertain location. Caption: "DESECRATED: This American flag was ripped by vandals at Public School 77."
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jun. 12, 1947. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVandalism -- New York (State) -- New York ; Flags -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public schools -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crime -- 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: Crime: Vandalism