About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0020
  • TitleBoro Pres. John Cashmore & Harry Gideonse, Pres. of Brooklyn College
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 0019), some of which may also be described in this new record; Groundbreaking ceremony at Brooklyn College, with Borough President John Cashmore wielding shovel and Brooklyn College President Harry D. Gideonse looking on; sign on truck behind them reads, "Brooklyn College, Arts & Student Center Building, Accommodating 3000 Students"; onlookers behind rope in background; 0019 shows Cashmore with shovel in ground; 0020 shows Cashmore with shovel in air.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Dec. 15, 1950; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. 0019 slightly retouched. Title from inscription on verso of 0020.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • SubjectBrooklyn College ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Adult: Brooklyn College: Buildings: Construction: 1950s