About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_1194
  • TitleMarked for demolition
  • SummaryCaption: "Marked for demolition--Photo taken at E. 8th St. and Cortelyou Road shows some of the beautiful homes situated on tree-shaded streets which are slated to be town down to make way for proposed Junior High School 62;" parked automobile, four pedestrians, street light with attached street signs and "One way" sign, and intersecting streets in foreground.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 19, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectStreet lights -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Street signs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wooden-frame houses -- 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: J.H.S. #62