About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0065
  • TitleEfficiency in reading
  • SummaryMale student and female student reading at table; standing man at left observing them. Caption: "Efficiency in reading is being studied here by Prof. Phillip B. Shaw, shown observing Brooklyn College students, testing their speed and understanding of reading while using a mechanical device which covers lines read at a fixed speed...."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 4, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn College ; Reading machines
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)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: Adult: Brooklyn College: Faculty