About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_0479
  • Title[Packer Collegiate students dressed as brides]
  • SummaryPosed view of fifteen high school students at Packer Collegiate Institute, dressed as brides from 1774 to 1934, during school's 80th anniversary celebration. Seated: Edith Dooley (1891), Helen Tibbetts (1934), Mildred Wear (1853), Ruth Hamlin (1882), Helene Badenheim (1871), and Barbara Hoffman (19090; standing: Carolyn Kennedy (1898), Barbara Buck (1912), Mary Francis (1851), Barbara Bretz (1921), Cynthia Longman (1875), Betty Bartholomew (1860), Edith Bishop (1774), Anita Jaeger (1927), and Mrs. John Blust (1900).
  • Date[1934]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: "Eagle photo." Title from inscription on verso; partially supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Daily Eagle
  • SubjectPacker Collegiate Institute -- Students ; High school students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Private schools -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wedding costume -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Schools: Private: Packer Collegiate Institute: 80th anniversary