About This Item

  • Title300th anniversary of Erasmus Hall High School
  • Call NumberSCHL_0829
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 0830), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption: 0830: "Arching the centuries--Ranked beneath arch at Ermasus Hall High School, sextet of Flatbush teenagers clad in the bobby sox of 1952, and opposite numbers garbed as Dutch girls of three centuries ago, prepare for pageant in school quadrangle [with statue of Erasmus and portion of wood-frame school building in background] today honoring the 300th anniversary of Flatbush." 0829 is an aerial view showing group of girls doing Dutch folk dancing in school courtyard with large group of spectators watching.
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0830: on verso: Caption stamped: May 27, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso of 0830.
  • SubjectErasmus Hall High School ; Costume -- Netherlands ; Folk dancing -- New York (State) -- New York ; High school students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Pageants -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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.