About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0675
  • TitleReconditioned
  • SummaryCaption: "Reconditioned--The Boys High School athletic field, bounded by Maple St., Schenectady Ave., Troy Ave., and Rutland Road in the East Flatbusy area, which has been rehabilitated by the WPA. It will be turned over to the Board of Education today without ceremony;" ball game in progress, several boys sitting on bench in foreground, and large complex of high-rise apartment buildings in background.
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 4, 1940. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBoys High School (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Apartment houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Athletic fields -- New York (State) -- New York ; High-rise apartment buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East 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: Public: High schools: Boys High School: Athletic field