About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1374
  • TitleEducational boomerang
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 1372, SCHL 1373), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption: "Educational boomerang--Open School Week at P. S. 139 [located at 330 Rugby Road] offered little more than a collection of horrors for certain parents. Fifth grade 'pig sty' classrooms boasts pair of sinks [1373] ... which serve as spawning ground for roaches and centers of filth. Another sight for sore eyes is clothing closet [1372] ... where even new clothes look like rags on floor. ... Mrs. L. Gastman [1373] points to old gas pipe that juts into center of classroom."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped and retouched. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 17, 1951; "Eagle staff photo by Geller." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 139 (New York, N.Y.) ; Classrooms -- 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: P.S. #139