About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1323
  • TitleClear the runway
  • SummaryCaption: "Clear the runway--At the sound of the lunch bell [at PS 67, 51 St. Edwards Street] the kids grab their crutches, lock up their braces and settle down in their wheelchairs for the mad dash to the lunchroom. Ambulatory students enjoy their task of wheeling classmates to the noon meal." Photo shows boy walking on crutches in foreground, girl standing at table on right, and boy sitting in wheelchair with attached table on left.
  • Date1953
  • 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: Dec. 11, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorLambert, Al [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 67 (New York, N.Y.) ; Cerebral palsied children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crutches -- 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. #67