Chess is serious Caption: "Chess is serious--and one of quiet games popular with many at all schools of the center This group \[of nine boys] is at Public School 174 \[located at 574 Dumont Avenue].

They learn to dance Caption: "They learn to dance at East N. Y. Activities Center where program of recreation and education goes on afternoons and evenings in four schools. This beginners' dancing class is at Public School 174 \[located at 574 Dumont Avenue]."

Fair flautists Caption: "Fair flautists--These two nine-year-olds are not daunted by the length of their instruments which they play in the orchestra of Public School 174 \[located at 574 Dumont Avenue]. Left to right are Marlene Farber of 446 Alabama Ave. and Joan Lukaszewski of 370 Sheffield Ave."

Bigger than he is Caption: "Bigger than he is--Jay Silverstone, 9, of 408 Georgia Ave., saws away on double bass which towers over him in Public School 174 \[located at 574 Dumont Avenue] orchestra. At left is Marian Smilowitz, 9, of 327 Williams Ave."

P.S. 174 Partial facade of PS 174, a large, five-story, brick building located at 574 Dumont Avenue, with street lamp, horse-drawn wagon, man, and several schoolboys in front of school, and large portion of street in foreground.

Brooklyn: Dumont Avenue - Williams Avenue Dumont Avenue, south side, from Williams to Alabama Avenue:, showing Public School No. 174. Board of Education of the City of New York Early 1930's