About This Item

  • TitleNew school
  • Call NumberSCHL_1463
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "New school--Architect's conception of Public School 249 [a large, three story building] to be erected at Caton Ave. and Rugby Road at a total construction cost of $1,425,438."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On recto: "P.S. 249, Borough of Brooklyn; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, architects" typeset below image. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 25, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 249 (New York, N.Y.) ; Elementary school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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.