About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0016
  • TitleFor posterity
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 0017), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption: "For Posterity: Dr. Harry D. Gideonse, second from left, president of Brooklyn College, and Borough President Cashmore, second from right, place metal box containing Brooklyn Eagle, college paper and other newspaper clippings and contemporary items in cornerstone of Brooklyn College's Whitman Hall. Interested observers include Joseph Schlossberg, left, and Archibald Glover, members of the Board of Higher Education"; 0016 shows Gideonse and Cashmore together placing artifacts in cornerstone; 0017 shows Cashmore holding trowel over cornerstone after placing of artifacts; 0017 not retouched; lacks caption on verso.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Apr. 16, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp and photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn College ; Cornerstone laying -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Adult: Brooklyn College: Buildings: Construction: 1950s