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  • Title[George W. Wingate High School]
  • Call NumberSCHL_1163
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 1166, SCHL 1165, SCHL 1164, SCHL 1162), some of which may also be described in this new record; Five aerial views of newly-erected George W. Wingate High School, a banjo-shaped building, located at 600 Kingston Avenue, with group of rundown, possibly abandoned buildings in foreground and many high-rise and other residential buildings in background. The school opened in September, 1954.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description5 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: 1162, 1163: date stamped: Sep[t] 3, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; 1164-1166: date inscribed: 1954. Title from inscription on verso of 1162; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectGeorge W. Wingate High School ; High school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East 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.