About This Item


  • TitleSRO for Site 1 wrangle
  • Call NumberSCHL_1185
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "SRO for Site 1 wrangle--Cops hold back overflow crowd seeking entrance to Board of Estimate chambers for public hearing. Anti-Site 1 women from Flatbush wept when board selected Site 1 [proposed site for Junior High School 62, Cortelyou Road and East 7th Street], then denounced board members."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 24, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPolice -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)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.