About This Item


  • Call NumberGREGG_0015
  • TitleGregg Chapel
  • SummaryInterior view of a group of very young children sitting at small tables in a schoolroom in Gregg Chapel, the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church's mission to Italians of Gowanus in the early years of the 20th century. Inscription on verso: "Team teaching & cooperative learning." Image includes three women who appear to be teachers. Several of the children appear to be playing with wood blocks.
  • Date1915
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso: 1915. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectGregg Chapel (New York, N.Y.) ; Education, Elementary -- New York (State) -- New York ; School children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Teachers -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsGregg Chapel 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: Gregg Chapel Photographs