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  • TitlePicking the winners
  • Call NumberCLUB_0139
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Picking the winners--Five well-known architects, at Pratt Institute, judge designs of Brooklyn architectural students and draftsmen for the High School for Specialty Trades, projected as part of the master plan for the Civic Center. Left to right, the judges are Reginald E. Marsh; Harold R. Sleeper, president of the New York Chapter, American Institute of Architects; Morris Ketchum; Benjamin Lane Smith and Eric Kebbon, superintendent of school buildings, design and construction of the board oaf Education.The plans were entered in the 18th annual architectural competition conducted by the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Institute of Architects."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Mar. 19, 1948; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAmerican Institute of Architects ; Architects -- New York (State) -- New York ; Architectural design -- New York (State) -- New York ; Plans -- 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.