About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_1396
  • TitleChess is serious
  • SummaryCaption: "Chess is serious--and one of quiet games popular with many at all schools of the center This group [of nine boys] is at Public School 174 [located at 574 Dumont Avenue].
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 9, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 174 (New York, N.Y.) ; Chess -- New York (State) -- New York ; School children -- 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: Public: P.S. #174