About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_1172
  • TitleBanjo School under inspection
  • SummaryCaption: "Banjo School under inspection--Mayor Wagner, center, inspects the nearly completed General George W. Wingate High School, Kingston Ave. and Rutland Road, with guides Charles J. Bensley, chairman of the board of Education Committee on Buildings and Sites, left, and Vito F. Lanza, Queens member of the board. ..."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 28, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorFox, Dan [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-1991 ; High school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East 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: High schools: George W. Wingate High School