About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0022
  • TitleThe old ox road
  • SummaryStudents sitting on benches at left and right on newly landscaped walkway; freshly turned soil on both sides of walkway; athletic field and adjacent buildings in background. Caption: "The Old Ox Road: Recently completed by the WPA, this 'Flirtation Walk' on the campus of Brooklyn College in Flatbush has accommodated many strollers and knows the secrets of many students in this romantic month of June."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: June 18/40. Verso stamped: Art Project, W.P.A., Photographic Division. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn College ; Sidewalks
  • 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: Flirtation Walk