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  • Call NumberSCHL_1102
  • Title[Girls Commercial High School students]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 1101), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images: caption (1101): "Their [eight] classmates aren't merely eyeing the center trio, Mickey Pollin, Fritzi Kohlhagen and Doris Bloom--they are concentrating on their position. It's part of the Stanislavsky method of teaching dramatics which students in Girls Commercial [High School] study ..." 1102: "There's nothing like a rhythm exercise to relax a drama student ... Demonstrating this ... aspect of the Stanislavsky method are Mary Smith, Zelda Herman and Eleanor Castellano. [Three other girls on far right are cropped out.] Carrie C. Dulakis, their dramatics teacher, is shown on the extreme left." The school, located at 883 Classon Avenue, later changed its name to Prospect Heights High School.
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 19, 1946. Title from caption on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGirls Commercial High School (New York, N.Y.) ; Acting ; High school students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Method acting
  • 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: Prospect Heights: Drama