About This Item


  • TitlePost-war milestone
  • Call NumberSCHL_1167
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Post-war milestone--The cornerstone of the $6,000,000 Gen. George W. Wingate High School, Kingston Ave. and Rutland Road, the city's first post-war high school, is set in place by, left to right, Arthur Levitt and the Rev. John M. Coleman, Brooklyn members of the Board of Education; Joseph Reich, borough secretary, and B. Sumner Gruzen, architect of the banjo-shaped school. Ceremonies were held yesterday at the school." Image also includes three unidentified workmen.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 15, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGeorge W. Wingate High School ; Cornerstone laying -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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.