About This Item


  • TitleHousehold repairs
  • Call NumberSCHL_0991
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Household repairs ... will provide expert instruction in repairing furniture and ... household appliances [at] the shop at Thomas Jefferson High [School, 400 Pennsylvania Avenue] where two [male] students [one African American] are working ..."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 27, 1946; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectThomas Jefferson High School (New York, N.Y.) ; African American students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Furniture -- Repairing -- New York (State) -- New York ; High school students -- New York (State) -- New York ; School shops -- New York (State) -- New York ; Workshops -- 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.