About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0660
  • TitleHands across the sea
  • SummaryCaption: "Hands across the sea--Dr. Asbjorn Overas, principal of Cathedral School in Trondheim, Norway, is greeted by Astri Kampdahl during visit to Bay Ridge High School [located by 4th Avenue and 67th Street]. Occasion was Norwegian Day at the school located in a community heavily populated with descendants of Scandinavian strains. Left to right are Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, school principal, Dr. and Mrs. Overas and students Violet Andersen, Miss Kampdahl and Dorothy Haagstad."
  • Date1954
  • 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: date stamped: Apr. 28, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBay Ridge High School (New York, N.Y.) ; 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: Bay Ridge: II