About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1039
  • TitleMayor Walker laying cornerstone
  • SummaryInscription: "Mayor Walker [holding trowel] laying cornerstone of new Abraham Lincoln H. S. at West Ave. & Ocean P'kway and Boro Pres. James J. Byrne;" another man, in profile, on far right and portions of several others, including policeman, in background. The school is located at 2800 Ocean Parkway.
  • Date1929
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteBlack cropping marks; retouched. On recto: "Eagle" printed in black ink in lower left . On verso: date inscribed: May 8/29; "Eagle photo." Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Daily Eagle
  • SubjectWalker, James John, 1881-1946 ; Abraham Lincoln High School (New York, N.Y.) ; Cornerstone laying -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Schools: Public: High schools: Abraham Lincoln