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  • Call NumberSCHL_0478
  • TitlePacker Collegiate Institute 80th anniversary
  • SummaryView of posed group of Packer Collegiate Institute high school students wearing dresses fashionable in 1854 to celebrate the school's 80th anniversary. Inscription on verso: "Front row sitting l[eft] to r[ight]: Virginia Harris, Elizabeth Phraner, Rita Snigtstad, Frances Inez Wolslagel, Andrea Boehni, Dorothea Mueller. 2nd row l[eft] to r[ight]: Mildred Whitaker, Mary Prosser, Ida D. Agastino, Louise Faul, Florence Walzer, Gertrude Sickel, Janet Mitch, E. Diane Ward. 3rd row, rear, l[eft] to r[ight]: Helen Newman, Rose Pirrone, Jean Russel, Louise Buchanan, Janet Fuller, and Florence Richard."
  • Date1934
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso: Nov. 9/34. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectPacker Collegiate Institute -- Students ; Costume -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century ; High school students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Private schools -- 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: Private: Packer Collegiate Institute: 80th anniversary