About This Item

  • TitleChristmas in the air
  • Call NumberSCHL_1403
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Christmas in the air--Huge suspended wall mural (45 by 20 feet) lines most of one side of gymnasium in P.S. 185, Ridge Blvd. and 86th St. It was executed by Mrs. Arthur Grenard on ladder, for party given by Mothers-Teachers Association. Other mothers are Mrs. Chester Wethe, Mrs. Seneca L. McGraw, and Mrs. Michael Jangie, left to right. In the same order, children in party togs are Barbara Kahn 7, Susan Stover, 7 1/2, Bari Marlana Grenard, 7 1/2, Lorraine Coyle, 6 1/2 and Robert Persiko, 7 1/2, all second graders."
  • Date1953
  • 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: Dec. 23, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 185 (New York, N.Y.) ; Christmas -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mural painting and decoration -- New York (State) -- New York ; School children -- 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.