About This Item

  • TitleRed Hook
  • Call NumberSCHL_1289
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryArchitectural rendering: Caption: "Red Hook--Groundbreaking ceremonies for five new Brooklyn elementary schools, including the addition to Public School 27 at Huntington and Hicks Sts., will be held soon in ... the borough. Just a block away from one of Brooklyn's largest housing projects, the $1,313,100 wing will accomodate 648 pupils;" two automobiles and two pedestrians in right foreground.
  • Date1951, published 1952
  • 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. 27, Brooklyn addition, board of Education, City of New York; John Ambrose Thompson, architect." printed at bottom of image. On verso: dates stamped: Feb. 7, 1952 and Oct. 25, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 27 (New York, N.Y.) ; Elementary school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceRed Hook (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.