About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0046
  • TitleCollege comes of age
  • SummaryLarge group of college students standing and walking on campus and library with clock tower in background. Caption: "College comes of age--Brooklyn College attains legal maturity Tuesday when Flatbush institution of higher learning celebrates its 21st birthday. From modest start in rented questers on Pearl St., municipal college blossomed full-bloom on 42-acre tract of land off Bedford Ave. and Avenue H in 1937 thanks to federal funds and city support."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: May 13, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Overexposed in left margin. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn College ; College students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Towers -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: LaGuardia Hall (Library)