Desecrated

Desecrated
Enlarge Image

Why am I seeing a watermark?
Title: Desecrated
Description:

Close-up of woman (face not seen) holding ripped flag over wooden desk in public school of uncertain location. Caption: "DESECRATED: This American flag was ripped by vandals at Public School 77."

Date: 1947
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Title from caption on verso.
On verso: date stamped: Jun. 12, 1947.
Grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Crime
Subject: Vandalism
Flags
Public schools
Crime
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: CRIM 0166