About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1368
  • TitleConvicted of jaywalking
  • SummaryCaption: "Convicted of jaywalking--Roland Coryell, 13, with gavel, president of Security Council of Public School 139 [located at 330 Rugby Road], pronounces sentence on boy found guilty of running across street in middle of block. boy with back turned is obliging photographer by posing, to protect real defendant in case. Teddy Helfgott, 13, at right, captain of school's Safety Squad, brought charge."
  • Date1946
  • 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: Dec. 15, 1946; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 139 (New York, N.Y.) ; 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. #139