About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1032
  • TitleWeeds get the heave-ho
  • SummaryCaption: "Weeds get the heave-ho--[Three male] Abraham Lincoln [High School] students dump one day's crop of weeds [working with pitchforks and wheelbarrow] rooted out of plots in the school's summer garden which is windswept and a short distance from the sea." The school is located at 2800 Ocean Parkway.
  • Date1947
  • 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 stamped: Aug. 31, 1947. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham Lincoln High School (New York, N.Y.) ; High school students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wheelbarrows -- 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
  • 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: Abraham Lincoln: Students