About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0683
  • TitleBoys High School
  • SummaryCaption: "[Portion of] Boys High School at Marcy and Putnam Aves. as it is today. It is the oldest public high school in Brooklyn, having been formed in 1892 by the division of the girls and boys schools from the old Central Grammar School, which was founded in 1878, [the] year that marked the beginning of public secondary education in the metropolitan area;" iron fence, woman standing on sidewalk, and intersecting streets in foreground.
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: approximately 1/3 of original image appears to be missing; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: Dec. 8/37. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectBoys High School (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; High school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: High schools: Boys High School: Building