About This Item

  • TitleP.S. 20
  • Call NumberSCHL_1280
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "P. S. 20, [a three-story, brick building with sign above doorway and iron fence along front] at Union Ave. and Keap St., was built in 1848, added to in 1869. It looks very much like this today;" Adjacent buildings on both sides and parked automobile in far left foreground. Note: In 1951, the school moved to 225 Adelphi Street in Fort Greene.
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 11 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: approximately 1/3 of original image appears to be missing. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 10, 1946. On verso: "Used in Bushwick Historical Booklet & Eagle Supplement." Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 20 (New York, N.Y.) ; Automobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Elementary school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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.