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Letter from Mario Cosenza to Anna Hack.
A 1938 letter from Brooklyn College Acting President Mario Cosenza to Mrs. Anna Hack, explaining why a permanent flagpole had not yet been erected on campus.
New York Times article on Brooklyn College Flag Controversy
A November 1937 New York Times article regarding the controversy over the lack of an American flag on the new Brooklyn College campus.
James McCabe letter to Mayor LaGuardia
Letter from James McCabe, chairman of the Americanism Committee of the Kings County American Legion, regarding the lack of an American flag on the Brooklyn College campus.
Letter to Mayor LaGuardia
Letter to Mayor LaGuardia from Mrs. Anna Hack on behalf of the Patriotic Order of Americans asking why the new Brooklyn College does not fly an American flag.
Campus site when it was farmland.
The site of the Brooklyn College campus when it was farmland.
Students protesting near Campus Road Gate.
Students protesting on campus, at Campus Road Gate near Hillel Place, ca. 1960.
Student protest at Brooklyn College.
Students protest on Brooklyn College campus, ca. 1980’s.
Photo of Ditmas House.
Undated photo of the Ditmas house.
Painting of Ditmas House.
From 1827 to 1961, the Ditmas house stood on the land where SUBO now sits. This photo is of a painting by Professor Robert Barrett of the Brooklyn College Art Department. The painting itself can be found on the fifth floor of SUBO, opposite the…
New flag on Brooklyn College campus.
From left to right, Mr. & Mrs. R.G. Armstrong (longtime caretaker of Ditmas House), Mr. & Mrs. Charles A.Ditmas, and Jacqueline Loughrey.