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  • TitlePublic School 3
  • Call NumberSCHL_1232
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 1233, SCHL 1227, SCHL 1228), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views, in three different sizes, of PS 3, a two-story, wood-frame elementary school at Bedford Avenue and Hancock Street, with iron fence along front, and small girl and parked automobile in foreground. Caption: 1227: "Public School 3 built at Bedford Ave. and Hancock St about 1855;" caption: 1228: "Not a pretty picture--Old Public School 3 at Hancock St. and Bedford Ave., which the Board of Education plans to replace as soon as funds and materials become available."
  • Date1938, 1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description4 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note1227: 5 x 9 in. 1228: Grease pencil cropping marks. 1227, 1228, and 1232 are identical. Title from captions on verso of 1227 and 1228.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 3 (New York, N.Y.) ; Automobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Elementary school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public schools -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.