About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0633
  • TitleBoard of Education Building flag
  • SummaryCaption: "The Police Department was kept pretty busy yesterday explaining that the inverted position of the flag atop the Board of Education Building at 131 Livingston St., was a mistake on the part of the janitor and not a call for help from someone in distress. ..."
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: Nov. 25/38. Title from caption on verso.
  • SubjectNew York (N.Y.) Board of Education ; Flags -- 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: Public: Board of Education: General