About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1037
  • TitleScholastic Oscars
  • SummaryCaption: "Scholastic Oscars--Five Abraham Lincoln High School students receive their Scholastic Magazine Distinguished Achievement Trophies for outstanding high school art at the Scholastic National Art Awards show in Gimbels Department Store. Left to right are Eleanor Berger, 16, 1142 Lawn Court; Robert Brandwein, 17, 2315 Cropsey Ave.; G. Herbert McCracken, vice president of Scholastic, who presented the Oscars; Gail Leff, 17, 125 Amherst St.; Joseph L. Eckhouse, executive head of Gimbels; Richard Davi, 17, 8731 20th Ave, and Sandra Bernstein, 17, 286 Corbin Place." The school is located at 2800 Ocean Parkway.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 28, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham Lincoln High School (New York, N.Y.) ; Awards -- New York (State) -- New York ; High school students -- 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.