Start of new wing

Start of new wing
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Title: Start of new wing
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Caption: "Start of new wing--Wielding spades in traditional ceremonies for addition to P. S. 139 [located at 330 Rugby Road] are, left to right, Daniel G. Connolly, chairman of local school board; Mrs. Olga Rutner, Parent-Teacher Association president; Maximilian Moss, president of Board of Education; his five-year-old grandson, Richard Sweedler, a pupil at the school, and Borough Secretary Joseph Reich. Parents are demanding immediate clean-up of 'pig sty' classroom in overcrowded 50-year-old present building."

Date: 1951
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: On verso: date stamped: Nov. 17, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Schools
Subject: Public School 139 (New York, N.Y.)
Ground breaking ceremonies
Shovels
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 1371