About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1579
  • TitlePublic School 159
  • SummaryFacade of PS 159, a large, five-story, brick and masonry building located at 2781 Pitkin Avenue, with iron fence along front and side, adjacent building on both sides, three utility poles and two boys standing on sidewalk, and partially snow-covered intersecting streets in foreground.
  • Date1909
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Mar. 16, 1909. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectPublic School 159 (New York, N.Y.) ; Elementary school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Snow -- New York (State) -- New York ; Utility poles -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East New York (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Schools: Public: P.S. #159