About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1629
  • TitleFriends School field house
  • SummaryView of Brooklyn Friends School field house, a large, two-story, brick building, located at Avenue L and East 4th Street in Midwood which opened in 1937 and closed in 1973. The first floor had lockers, changing rooms, and showers for boys and girls. The second floor was used for various social events, dining, and dancing. The image is not dated.
  • Date[1937?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Friends School ; Athletics -- New York (State) -- New York ; Private schools -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Midwood (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: Brooklyn Friends School: Buildings