| Title: | Helping hand crosses oceans |
| Description: | Caption: "Helping hand crosses oceans--Iris Unger, representing children of P. S. 221 in Flatbush, presents UNESCO gift coupons to Yongchin Choi of the Korean Council of N. Y. for use of Korean school youth. Participating in ceremony at the school, 791 Empire Boulevard, are, left to right, Herman Schreiber, principal of P. S. 221; Ho Youn Whang, Miss Unger, Mrs. Hyun Sook Whang, Mr. Choi, the Rev. Andrew Whang, of Voice of America's Korean desk, Mrs. Anna A. Hedgeman, Mayor Wagner's [African American] representative in UN affairs, and Mrs. Ernestine Goldstein, faculty adviser to Young Americans Civic Club, which directed the program;" two other men, one partially visible, on far left, cropped out. |
| Date: | 1954 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 23, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle photo by Geller." Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Schools [3]
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| Subject: |
Public School 221 (New York, N.Y.) [4] African American women [5] Koreans [6] School children [7] |
| 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 1437 |