About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1204
  • TitleHall of learning
  • SummaryCaption: "Hall of learning--Classrooms in a penthouse will be a feature of Junior High School 77, to be built at 4th Ave. and 5th St., opposite the reconstructed Cortelyou House, headquarters of General Greene during the Revolutionary War." Note: William Alexander Junior High School 77 (later renamed MS 51) was actually constructed in 1949.
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 26, 1945. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectJunior high schools -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (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: J.H.S. #77