About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_1287
  • TitleAnd stir in a little ginger
  • SummaryCaption: "And stir in a little ginger--Learning first principles of cookery at Public School 26 [located at 1014 Lafayette Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant] are, left to right, Constantine Kratunis, Miller Urich, William Byrd and Neville Payne. Forty-five boys at the school are getting two hours of cooking instruction a week as part of the principal's plan to give every child as many fields to explore as possible." One of the boys is African American.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Feb. 22, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 26 (New York, N.Y.) ; African American boys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cooking -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York ; School children -- 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. 26