About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1190
  • TitleWorld Series?
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 1189), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption: "World Series? Nope, Site 1--Crowds of partisans in [proposed] Flatbush junior high school [Junior High School 62] site [Cortelyou Road and East 7th Street] controversy line up early at City Hall [behind police line barricade] to get seats in Board of Estimate chamber. Those favoring erection of J. H. S. on Site 1 [1189] arrive with signs ["J.H.S. 62 must be built at Site 1 , Cortelyou Rd."] and label tags, while homeowners, threatened with ouster [1190] line up wearing tags reading 'M-T lots';" 1190: policeman standing, back to camera, in far left foreground.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 23, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDemonstrations -- New York -- (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)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: I