About This Item


  • TitlePublic School 3
  • Call NumberBRAI_0160
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo identical stereoscopic views of Public School 3 located at the intersection of Hancock Street and Bedford Avenue.
  • Date1874
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsstereographs
  • NoteTitle and date from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectPublic School 3 (New York, N.Y.) ; Elementary school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public schools -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.