About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1141
  • TitleSkilled craftsman
  • SummaryCaption: "Skilled craftsman--Burton Aszkenas of 5606 12th St., graduate of watch and clock repair class of the Brooklyn High School for Specialty Trades, demonstrates how to fix a watch." The school was later renamed George Westinghouse Vocational High School.
  • Date1946
  • 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: Jun[e] 25, 1946. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn High School for Specialty Trades (New York, N.Y.) ; George Westinghouse Vocational High School (New York, N.Y.) ; Clocks and watches -- Repairing -- 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: High schools: George Westinghouse Vocational