About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1198
  • TitleControversial corners
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 1195), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption (1195): "Controversial corners--[Aerial view of] residential block [of small, three-story, wood-frame houses] bounded by E. 8th and E. 7th Streets, Cortelyou Road and Ditmas Avenue is center of controversy over city's decision to raze block for construction of a new junior high school [J.H.S. 62]. Caption (1198): "Marked for condemnation ..."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note1195 and 1198 are identical. Grease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 26, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWooden-frame houses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Public: J.H.S. #62: II