About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1065
  • TitleRuth Naniro and Ronnie Bennett
  • SummaryCaption: "Ruth Naniro and Ronnie Bennett [with ten other students around them] 'shine' the 'Big Apple' at the senior prom of the Manual Training High School in the Hotel Bossert and throw in a bit of the 'shag'..." The school, located at 237 Seventh Avenue, changed its name in 1960 to John Jay High School, and in 2001 the name changed again to Secondary School for Law Journalism and Research.
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: Jan. 29/38. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectManual Training High School (Brooklyn, N.Y.) ; Dancing -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Proms -- 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: Manual Training: Students