About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0807
  • TitleWalt Whitman schoolhouse
  • SummaryExterior and interior views (each 4 x 5 in.) of a small, wood-frame, elementary schoolhouse located in Syosset., Long Island, where Walt Whitman was once a student.
  • Date1927
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso: June 1, 1927. Title from inscription on verso. Top (exterior) image is retouched.
  • SubjectWhitman, Walt, 1819-1892 ; Elementary school buildings -- New York (State) -- Syosset ; Elementary schools -- New York (State) -- Syosset ; Wooden-frame buildings -- New York (State) -- Syosset
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationSyosset (N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Portraits: Whitman, Walt: Schoolhouse