Convicted of jaywalking

Convicted of jaywalking
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Title: Convicted of jaywalking
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Caption: "Convicted of jaywalking--Roland Coryell, 13, with gavel, president of Security Council of Public School 139 [located at 330 Rugby Road], pronounces sentence on boy found guilty of running across street in middle of block. boy with back turned is obliging photographer by posing, to protect real defendant in case. Teddy Helfgott, 13, at right, captain of school's Safety Squad, brought charge."

Date: 1946
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched.
On verso: date stamped: Dec. 15, 1946; "Eagle staff photo."
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Schools
Subject: Public School 139 (New York, N.Y.)
School children
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library
ID: SCHL 1368