Fitting climax

Fitting climax
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Title: Fitting climax
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Caption: "Fitting climax to the 10th anniversary celebration of Lafayette High School [located at 2630 Benson Avenue], a wreath is placed on the statue of General Lafayette, 9th St. and Prospect Park West., by Dr. Frederick W. Oswald, principal of the school. Participating in the ceremony, left to right, are Stanley Aegis, president of the senior class [holding large American flag on pole]; Dr. Oswald; Robert Buda, chairman of the 10th Anniversary Committee, and David Olin, president of the school's General Organization [holding large French flag on pole]."

Date: 1949
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched.
On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 20, 1949; "Eagle staff photo."
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Schools
Subject: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert De Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.
Lafayette High School (New York, N.Y.)
Flags
Flags
Statues
Wreaths
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 1005