About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1464
  • TitleMothers protest school rezoning
  • SummaryCaption: "Mothers protest school rezoning--A delegation from Flatlands, all mothers of sixth grade pupils at P. S. 251 [located at 1037 East 54th Street], pour out of Board of Education headquarters, 110 Livingston St., [along with many children] after demanding to know why their children were being denied admission to nearby Junior High School 285, scheduled to open in September, and transferred to far off P. S. 203. They termed the rezoning explanation offered by Mary E. Kennedy, Assistant Superintendent in charge of Junior High Schools, 'unsatisfactory'."
  • Date1954
  • 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: Jun[e] 18, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 251 (New York, N.Y.) ; School children -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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. #251