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Boys High School

Caption: "[Portion of] Boys High School at Marcy and Putnam Aves. as it is today. It is the oldest public high school in Brooklyn, having been formed in 1892 by the division of the girls and boys schools from the old Central Grammar School, which was founded in 1878, [the] year that marked the beginning of public secondary education in the metropolitan area;" iron fence, woman standing on sidewalk, and intersecting streets in foreground.

IMAGE DATE1937
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