P.S. 27

P.S. 27
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Title: P.S. 27
Description:

Caption: "P.S. 27, [a large, three-story, brick building under construction,] closest to Red Hook's extensive housing project, is the first school to be built by WPA in Brooklyn. Beset with labor troubles at the height of the work, pupils and teachers of the old school building, erected in 1869, will soon be able to move into the new building at Hicks and Huntington Streets, originally proposed for construction during 1941;" utility pole and "One way" sign in foreground.

Date: [194-?]
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Red Hook (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Title from typed caption on verso.
Collection: Schools
Subject: Public School 27 (New York, N.Y.)
Building construction
Elementary school buildings
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 1290