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George W. Wingate High School · 600 Kingston Avenue
George W. Wingate High School

Post-war milestone

Caption: "Post-war milestone--The cornerstone of the $6,000,000 Gen. George W. Wingate High School, Kingston Ave. and Rutland Road, the city's first post-war high school, is set in place by, left to right, Arthur Levitt and the Rev. John M. Coleman, Brooklyn members of the Board of Education; Joseph Reich, borough secretary, and B. Sumner Gruzen, architect of the banjo-shaped school. Ceremonies were held yesterday at the school." Image also includes three unidentified workmen.

IMAGE DATE1953
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