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  • Title[Sarah J. Hale Vocational High School students]
  • Call NumberSCHL_0965
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 0966, SCHL 0970, SCHL 0969), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views of students and employees in the cafeteria at Sarah J. Hale Vocational High School located at 345 Dean Street. Captions: 0965: "These girls training for jobs as restaurant personnel in the food trades department ... are, left to right, Angelina Impirota, 16, 540A Henry St.; Theresa Burth, 17, 5202 5th Ave.; Bernice Stimus, 17, 68 Talman St.; Alice Stoll, 16, 4977 7th Ave., and Barbara Tyler, 17, 1531 Bergen St." 0966: "Food students Annie Fields, left, and Leona White prepare salads for the 'Tea Room'." 0969: "Mrs. Myrtle Keene, lunchroom cook, checks the soup with Mrs. Grace McKelvey, dietician." 0970: "Elaine Jordan and Theresa Polito choose hamburger on a roll in the students' lunchroom. Student helper, Sophie Torres, assists Mrs. Ruby Hunter serve the mashed potatoes as the other students line up for soup and sandwiches." Four of the students are African American.
  • Date1949, 1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description4 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSarah J. Hale Vocational High School ; African American girls -- New York (State) -- New York ; High school students -- New York (State) -- New York ; School lunchrooms, cafeterias, etc. -- 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.