About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0169
  • TitleDespoiled work of art
  • SummaryPrincipal in vandalized school office in Park Slope holding portrait painting defaced by thrown paint. Caption: "DESPOILED WORK OF ART: Louis A. Schuker, principal of Manual Trainig High School, shows what vandals did to a portrait of the school's founder, the late Dr. Charles D. Larkins."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 15, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectManual Training High School (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Vandalism -- New York (State) -- New York ; School principals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public schools -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crime -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (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: Crime: Vandalism