New school starts

New school starts
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Title: New school starts
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Caption: "New school starts--Ar ground-breaking ceremonies yesterday for P. S. 240 (Andries Hudde Junior High School), E. 29th St. and Ave. K, left to right [all holding earth-filled shovels], Maximilan Moss, president of Board of Education; Joseph Reich, secretary to borough president; Nathaniel Kaplan, secretary of the Board of Education; Dr. George F. Pigott Jr., associate and acting superintendent of schools, and the Rev. John M. Coleman, [African American] Brooklyn member of the Board of Education. ..."

Date: 1949
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: On verso: date stamped: Aug. 17, 1949; "Eagle staff photo."
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Schools
Subject: Andries Hudde Junior High School (New York, N.Y.)
African American clergy
Ground breaking ceremonies
Shovels
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 1216