Cramped play yard

Cramped play yard
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Title: Cramped play yard
Description:

Caption: "Cramped play yard behind old building is hemmed in by other buildings and its pavement is crumbling, further arousing ire of the parents. Doctors' reports to parents indicate children suffer from bad sanitary facilities and poor lighting and ventilation during their school hours;" laundry hanging on clothesline in background. The school is located at 157 Wilson Street.

Date: 1939
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: On verso: date inscribed: March 14/39.
Retouched.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Schools
Subject: Public School 16 (New York, N.Y.)
Backyards
Slums
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 1267