About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_0781
  • TitleSchool on the air
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 0780), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption: "School on the air--Two typical scenes in the studio of station WNYE in Brooklyn Technical High School [located at 29 Fort Greene Place] where boys and girls play their part in the programs that go out to the schools. [0780] shows a Richmond Hill High School group presenting 'The Devil.' Left to right are Bernard Epstein as Creakle, whose mortgage is overdue; Jerry Fuchs as Tom Walker, the hard-hearted forecloser; Pat Cocker as Mrs. Walker, and Burton Jerome as the Devil, about to foreclose on Walker, [In 0781] sound men Jack Berlin and John Viscome are messing with their apparatus against a background of jolly youngsters."
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0780: Grease pencil cropping marks; on verso: date stamped: Mar.30, 1941; "Eagle staff photo." Retouched. Title from caption on verso of 0780.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Technical High School (New York, N.Y.) ; High school students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Radio broadcasting -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- Equipment and supplies
  • 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: Brooklyn Technical H. S.: Students: II