About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_1437
  • TitleHelping hand crosses oceans
  • SummaryCaption: "Helping hand crosses oceans--Iris Unger, representing children of P. S. 221 in Flatbush, presents UNESCO gift coupons to Yongchin Choi of the Korean Council of N. Y. for use of Korean school youth. Participating in ceremony at the school, 791 Empire Boulevard, are, left to right, Herman Schreiber, principal of P. S. 221; Ho Youn Whang, Miss Unger, Mrs. Hyun Sook Whang, Mr. Choi, the Rev. Andrew Whang, of Voice of America's Korean desk, Mrs. Anna A. Hedgeman, Mayor Wagner's [African American] representative in UN affairs, and Mrs. Ernestine Goldstein, faculty adviser to Young Americans Civic Club, which directed the program;" two other men, one partially visible, on far left, cropped out.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 23, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle photo by Geller." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 221 (New York, N.Y.) ; African American women -- New York (State) -- New York ; Koreans -- New York (State) -- New York ; School children -- 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: P.S. #221