About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1672
  • TitleWorst school building in Brooklyn
  • SummaryCaption: "Worst school building in Brooklyn, No. 29, Columbia and Amity Streets," a small, four-story building with two fire escapes; attached buildings on both sides and intersecting cobblestone streets, utility pole and fire hydrant in foreground. Note: The school later relocated to 425 Henry Street.
  • Date1915
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDamaged slightly in lower right. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 16, 1915; Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Daily Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 29 (New York, N.Y.) ; Elementary school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Cobble Hill (New York, 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: Schools: Public: P.S. #29