About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_1059
  • TitleManual Training High School
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 1519, SCHL 1058, SCHL 1062, SCHL 1063, SCHL 1060, SCHL 1061), some of which may also be described in this new record; Seven views, in different sizes, of Manual Training High School located at 237 Seventh Avenue. 1063 is a close-up, partial view; 1058 and 1063 show several vehicles, mostly parked automobiles, in foreground; 1059 is a large, eight-story, masonry building labeled, "Annex;" 1060 is view of lecture room under construction; 1061 is view of building at earlier location, Prospect Avenue and Reeve Place; 1062 is a snapshot of the playground with several residential building in background. In 1960 the name changed to John Jay High School, and in 2001 the name changed again to Secondary School for Law, Journalism and Research.
  • Date1905-1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description7 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printssnapshots
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso of 1058.
  • SubjectManual Training High School (Brooklyn, N.Y.) ; Automobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; High school buildings -- 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: High schools: Manual Training: Building