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  • Title[Erasmus Hall High School]
  • Call NumberSCHL_0857
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 0884, SCHL 0876), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views, in different sizes, of Erasmus Hall High School, located at 911 Flatbush Avenue, with portion, including clock tower, of Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church in foreground. Caption (0876): "1937 marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of Eramus Hall, ... the oldest secondary school in the state ... founded as an academy by a corporation formed among members of the Reformed Dutch Church of Flatbush. ..."
  • Date1937-1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0857 and 0876 are identical. Title from typed caption on verso of 0876; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectErasmus Hall High School ; Flatbush Reformed Church (New York, N.Y.) ; Clock towers -- New York (State) -- New York, [lctgm] ; High school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Steeples -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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.