About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0803
  • TitleEskimo streamlining
  • SummaryCaption: "Eskimo streamlining--From the graceful lines of the kayak, the student acquires a knowledge fitting him to create the streamlining ship of today. Left--Louis Claps, instructor of boatbuilding at East New York Vocational High School, demonstrating lines of kayak to Bernard Kaplan, Saul Gelb, Morten Lagner, Jerry Halpern and Santino Chivaro." The school was located at Atlantic Avenue, Conduit Boulevard and Wells Street.
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 8, 1941. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectEast New York Vocational High School (New York, N.Y.) ; Boatbuilding -- 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: East New York Vocational