About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0493
  • TitlePacker gets flag collection
  • SummaryCaption: "Packer gets flag collection--A replica of the Grand Union flag, used in 1776 by George Washington, is presented to Packer [Collegiate] Institute [elementary school] students by Mrs. Katherine Fowler Richey." The school is located at 170 Joralemon Street.
  • Date1941
  • 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: Mar 2, 1941; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKaufman, Irving [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPacker Collegiate Institute ; Flags -- 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: Private: Packer Collegiate Institute: Students: 1940's: I