About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1274
  • TitleUltramodern
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 1277), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption (1277): "Ultramodern--Some day, says the Board of Education, every school in New York City is going to look like brand-new P. S. 20 at [225] Adelphi St. and Willoughby Ave., in the Fort Green section. ... Mrs. Gertrude LeVita of 636 2d St., takes advantage of moveable desks and chairs to keep her sixth graders quietly occupied in six different units of activity."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note1274 and 1277 are identical. 1277: Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: Brooklyn Eagle stamp; 1274: date stamped: Oct. 24, 1951; 1277: caption stamped: Nov. 11, 1951. Title from caption on verso of 1277.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 20 (New York, N.Y.) ; Classrooms -- 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. #20