About This Item


  • TitleLafayette High School
  • Call NumberSCHL_1009
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 1007, SCHL 1008), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of Lafayette High School located at 2630 Benson Avenue. 1007 is a partial view of front of building with debris-filled vacant lot in foreground; 1008 shows building in last stage of construction with several parked automobiles in foreground; 1009 is an undated architectural rendering.
  • Date1938-1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • Note1007, 1008: grease pencil cropping marks. On verso of 1007: date stamped: Nov. 1, 1951; 1008: date inscribed: Oct. 30/38. Title from captions on versos of 1007 and 1008.
  • SubjectLafayette High School (New York, N.Y.) ; Automobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; High school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBensonhurst (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.