About This Item


  • Call NumberCLUB_0003
  • TitleCrescent football team
  • SummaryPosed view of the Crescent Athletic Club football team in 1884.Top row: Hunter Brown, Fred Vernon, Billy Ford, Willis Terry, Frank Lawrence. 2nd row: Matt LaMande, Joe Vernon, Paul LaMarche, Claude Chapman, Harry LaMarche. Front row: John LaMarche. The Crescent Club was located at the intersection of Clinton Street and Pierrepont Street.
  • Date1884
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso: June 23/30. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectAthletic clubs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Football teams -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Clubs: Athletic: Crescent Club: I