About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1005
  • TitleFitting climax
  • SummaryCaption: "Fitting climax to the 10th anniversary celebration of Lafayette High School [located at 2630 Benson Avenue], a wreath is placed on the statue of General Lafayette, 9th St. and Prospect Park West., by Dr. Frederick W. Oswald, principal of the school. Participating in the ceremony, left to right, are Stanley Aegis, president of the senior class [holding large American flag on pole]; Dr. Oswald; Robert Buda, chairman of the 10th Anniversary Committee, and David Olin, president of the school's General Organization [holding large French flag on pole]."
  • Date1949
  • 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 stamped: Jun[e] 20, 1949; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectLafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert De Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 ; Lafayette High School (New York, N.Y.) ; Flags -- France ; Flags -- United States ; Statues -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wreaths -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (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: High schools: Lafayette