About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0018
  • TitleNew Student Center
  • SummaryConstuction site at Brooklyn College, with men operating steam shovel in ditch at left; two men (one in suit) in right foreground observing construction; LaGuardia Library in background. Caption: "New Student Center: From 1930 student population of 5,459, B. C. enrollment figures have soared to 16,514 and forced construction of further campus facilities. Construction crews are now at work on new Arts and Student Center Building that will boast 2,500-seat auditorium and house Departments of Design, Music and Speech."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 13, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn College ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Steam shovels
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Adult: Brooklyn College: Buildings: Construction: 1950s