About This Item

  • TitleIn memory of Lafayette
  • Call NumberSCHL_1004
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "In memory of Lafayette--Marking the tenth anniversary of Lafayette High School [located at 2630 Benson Avenue] recently was a special assembly program in which a French flag was presented to the school as a token of friendship between the U. S. and France. Left top right, Robert Buda, chairman of Lafayette's foreign language department; Pierre Guedenet, assistant cultural counselor at the French Embassy; Dr. Frederick W. Oswald, principal, and David Olin, vice president of the school's General Organization."
  • Date1949
  • 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: May 24, 1949; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectLafayette High School (New York, N.Y.) ; Flags -- France ; High school students -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.