About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_1239
  • TitleRemedy needed
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 1240), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of school children trying to cross street with many moving vehicles in business district, and twelve-story commercial building in background. Caption: "Remedy needed--Worried over the risks their children must take in crossing Flatbush Ave. Extension, members of the Parent-Teacher Association of P. S. 5 [located at Tillary Street and Bridge Street] have petitioned the city to construct an overpass to eliminate the menace illustrated in this photo taken at Flatbush Ave. Extension and Tillary St."
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note1239: Grease pencil cropping marks. On verso: 1239: date stamped: Nov. 25, 1945; "Eagle staff photo;" 1240: date inscribed: 1945; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso of 1239.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 5 (New York, N.Y.) ; Automobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; City traffic -- New York (State) -- New York ; School children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Trucks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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. #5