About This Item

  • TitlePhyllis Batelson and "queen" Rosalie Feldman
  • Call NumberNEIG_2085
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryYoung woman and girl wearing bathing suits and banners. Caption: "Picked over 17 settlement house finalists, Rosalie Feldman, 13, of the Williamsburg Settlement, 17 Montrose Ave., was crowned 'Junior Miss America of 1950' by Phyllis Bateson, who represented New York City in this year's Miss America contest."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On recto: "Jay Sharp, Brooklyn, New York" stamped in black in lower right corner. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 27, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBeauty contestants ; Settlements [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.