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.
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.
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
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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