About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1056
  • TitleScenes from the Circus
  • SummaryCaption: "'Scenes from the Circus,' a mural by Edward Dreis, ... is used in the Girls Commercial High School student cafeteria. This is a section of the work which was designed and executed under the direction of the WPA Federal Art Project." The school, located at 883 Classon Avenue, later changed its name to Prospect Heights High School.
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Oct. 13/38. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGirls Commercial High School (New York, N.Y.) ; Circus in art ; Mural painting and decoration -- 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: Prospect Heights: Building