About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0980
  • TitleMost deserving student
  • SummaryCaption: "Most deserving student--Walter B. Clare, commander of Alexander Hamilton Post of the American Legion, right, presents a war bond to Charles Wright of 418 6th St. as the most deserving student at commencement exercies of the Alexander Hamilton Vocational High School, Albany Ave. and Dean St. Benjamin Fox, principal, looks on." The school's name changed in 1985 to Paul Robeson High School of Business and Technology.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 30, 1951; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAlexander Hamilton Vocational High School (New York, N.Y.) ; Awards -- New York (State) -- New York ; High school students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Savings bonds -- 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: High schools: Alexander Hamilton