| Title: | Post-war milestone |
| Description: | Caption: "Post-war milestone--The cornerstone of the $6,000,000 Gen. George W. Wingate High School, Kingston Ave. and Rutland Road, the city's first post-war high school, is set in place by, left to right, Arthur Levitt and the Rev. John M. Coleman, Brooklyn members of the Board of Education; Joseph Reich, borough secretary, and B. Sumner Gruzen, architect of the banjo-shaped school. Ceremonies were held yesterday at the school." Image also includes three unidentified workmen. |
| Date: | 1953 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Geller, Jules. |
| More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 15, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Schools [4]
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| Subject: |
George W. Wingate High School. [5] Cornerstone laying [6] |
| 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 1167 |