About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1202
  • TitleSave our homes
  • SummaryCaption: "Save our homes--The 'junior auxiliary' of the Kensington Property Owners Association, which is fighting to save their homes condemned to make way for Junior High School 62, help raise funds for the legal fray by conducting a white elephant sale [with two signs, "White elephant sale" and "To help save our homes"] at Cortelyou Road and E. 7th St. Richard Wasserman, 5, of 579 E. 7th St., purchases an item from Mary Lou Justus, 13, of 558 E. 7th St., while Rose Marie Cuomo, 13, of 556 E. 7th St., center, and Jacqueline Graynor, 13, of 503 E. 7th St., witness the transaction."
  • 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: Aug. 26, 1954; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorLambert, Al [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFund raising -- New York (State) -- New York ; Rummage sales -- New York (State) -- New York ; Secondhand sales -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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: Public: J.H.S. #62: II