About This Item


  • TitleP.S. 44
  • Call NumberSCHL_1299
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 1302), some of which may also be described in this new record; Architectural rendering: caption: "The entire block bounded by Monroe and Madison Streets, Throop and Sumner Avenues, will be occupied by new P.S. 44 Brooklyn, a post-war [two-story, brick] school to be erected at an approximate cost of $1,200,000 with accommodations for 2,082 pupils in grades from kindergarten through 6B. A large playground adjacent to the school will be operated jointly with the Park Department. The new building was designed by Eric Kebbon, Board of Education architect."
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • Note1299: same as 1302 but cropped to 5 x 8 in. On recto: "Board of Education, City of New York; Public School 44 - Brooklyn; Eric Kebbon - architect" printed below image. On verso of 1302: date inscribed: Nov. 26, 1944. Title from typed caption on verso of 1302.
  • SubjectPublic School 44 (New York, N.Y.) ; Elementary school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (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.