About This Item
- TitleMayor Walker laying cornerstone
- Call NumberSCHL_1039
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryInscription: "Mayor Walker [holding trowel] laying cornerstone of new Abraham Lincoln H. S. at West Ave. & Ocean P'kway and Boro Pres. James J. Byrne;" another man, in profile, on far right and portions of several others, including policeman, in background. The school is located at 2800 Ocean Parkway.
- Date1929
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteBlack cropping marks; retouched. On recto: "Eagle" printed in black ink in lower left . On verso: date inscribed: May 8/29; "Eagle photo." Title from inscription on verso.
- CreatorBrooklyn Daily Eagle
- SubjectWalker, James John, 1881-1946 ; Abraham Lincoln High School (New York, N.Y.) ; Cornerstone laying -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (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.