About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1466
  • TitleWant more room for children
  • SummaryCaption: "Want more room for children--Busload of parents of children in P. S. 251, Avenue I and E. 54th St., who claim it is the second most overcrowded school in Brooklyn, beseige Budget Committee of the Board of Education [at 110 Livingston Street] asking for emergency funds to add a new wing to the school." There are several children standing in front of the group, and two women and two children are holding signs, "P.S. 251 B'klyn."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 19, 1955; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle photo by Kruh." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 251 (New York, N.Y.) ; School children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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: P.S. #251