About This Item


  • TitleGroup portrait of students in classroom, Public School 131.
  • Call NumberOSOS_0209
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClass of boys and girls sitting in a classroom at P.S. 131, 4305 Fort Hamilton Pkwy, Borough Park, Brooklyn.
  • Date1909
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, TIFF, black-and-white
  • Genreblack-and-white photographsportraits
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Date supplied by donor. Original photograph, 6 x 8 inches, digitized on December 4, 2015 as a TIFF. Donated for capture by Ruth N. Quiles at P.S. 131. Collected through the Our Streets, Our Stories community heritage project, a part of the Culture in Transit grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge.
  • Creator[unknown]
  • SubjectPublic schools--New York (State)--New York ; Classrooms ; Students ; Children
  • CollectionOur Streets, Our Stories collection
  • PlaceBorough Park (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
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