About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_1100
  • TitleThe hard way
  • SummaryCaption: "The hard way--To learn a part fast an actress has to be able to concentrate. Part of an actress' training in the Girls Commercial [High School] dramatics course is doing math problems while another of the class [is] ... being distracting. Doing their math are Lorice Zakaib, left, and Sary Fleischer, right. Distracting them is Ann Maresca." The school, located at 883 Classon Avenue, later changed its name to Prospect Heights High School.
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks' retouched. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 19, 1946. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGirls Commercial High School (New York, N.Y.) ; High school students -- 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: High schools: Prospect Heights: Drama