About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_0741
  • TitleBeauty culture class
  • SummaryCaption: "Shown [here is] a class in beauty culture [manicuring and hairdressing at Brooklyn Industrial High School for Girls located on Dean Street between 3rd Avenue and 4th Avenue] whose students are absorbed into private industry. Other classes include millinery, dressmaking, home nursing, secretarial work, art, dancing, dramatics and choral groups. Twenty-one nationalities are registered."
  • Date1935
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: approximately half of original image appears to be missing. On verso: date inscribed: Aug. 11/35; photographer's stamp. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • CreatorAmerican Photo Service [photographer]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Industrial High School for Girls (New York, N.Y.) ; Hairdressing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Manicuring -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Schools: Public: High schools: Brooklyn Industrial H. S. for Girls