About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1294
  • TitleSchool building program
  • SummaryCaption: "School building program--The Board of Education began its postwar building program when ground was broken for the addition to Public School 35 at Decatur St. and Lewis Ave. yesterday. City officials at ceremony were, left to right, Borough President John Cashmore, Andrew G. Clauson, president of the Board of Education, and Mayor William O'Dwyer. The new structure will have 22 classrooms;" policeman and three other men partially visible in background.
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 13, 1946; "Eagle staff photo."
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; Public School 35 (New York, N.Y.) ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: P.S. #35