About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_0241
  • TitleTape snipper
  • SummaryNine men with overcoats standing before stoop; man third from right about to cut ribbon with scissors; two younger men at right with suitcases. Caption: "Tape snipper: [illegible] Pratt Institute, cuts the ribbon in front of the entrance to [illegible] for veterans after title was handed over by Federal and State [illegible]. Looking on, left to right, are Cornelius J. White, State Public Works Department architect; John Kervick, regional director of the Federal Public Housing Authority; Charles Pratt, president of Pratt Institute, and Paul Dunbar of Greenbelt, Md., and Robert O'Dell of Wellsboro, Pa., veterans who will move into the new quarters...."
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jan. 15, 1947; photographer's stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorPratt Institute [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPratt Institute ; Veterans -- United States
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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: Pratt Institute: Faculty