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Old Public School 3
Old Public School 3
Old Public School 3

Public School 3

Image represented is one of a related set (SCHL 1232, SCHL 1227, SCHL 1228), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views, in three different sizes, of PS 3, a two-story, wood-frame elementary school at Bedford Avenue and Hancock Street, with iron fence along front, and small girl and parked automobile in foreground. Caption: 1227: "Public School 3 built at Bedford Ave. and Hancock St about 1855;" caption: 1228: "Not a pretty picture--Old Public School 3 at Hancock St. and Bedford Ave., which the Board of Education plans to replace as soon as funds and materials become available."

IMAGE DATE1938
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ca. 1938 This two-story, wood-frame school was Public School 3, later known as Old Public School 3. The school was founded in 1855. The Board of Education was able to replace the school and move it to the site of Public School 3 on Jefferson and Hancock Avenues. The Old Public School was converted into a library in 1897 through a contribution of $1.6 million from Andrew Carnegie.

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