Title: | The Benefits of Democracy |
Description: | Caption: "[Three high school students looking at]'The Benefits of Democracy,' an oil painting done on a wooden panel, 4 by 12 feet, has just been completed at the Alexander Hamilton [Vocational] High School, Albany Ave. and Bergen St. Its design and execution were carried out by John Tartaglione ... Its theme is the Bill of Rights with a modern Statue of Liberty embracing the various faiths and creeds. The mural will cover a wall in the school library." The school's name changed in 1985 to Paul Robeson High School of Business and Technology. |
Date: | 1939 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: Sept. 24/39. Title from caption on verso. |
Collection: | Schools [3]
|
Subject: |
Alexander Hamilton Vocational High School (New York, N.Y.) [4] Mural painting and decoration [5] |
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 0982 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/fd10a459ea84179ee01f05b88716005d&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Schools
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/a/Alexander Hamilton Vocational High School (New York, N.Y.)
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/m/Mural painting and decoration