About This Item


  • Call NumberCONE_0074
  • TitleAndy Pershon and Gene DeVries
  • SummaryBoy places cap on girl at graduation of child care class of Coney Island Community Center. Caption: "Andy Pershon, 5, glimpsing photographer in the mirror, is diverted from her preparation. Assisting her with the unfamiliar headgear is Gene DeVries, 5."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso; date stamped: Sep[t] 2, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCommunity centers ; Commencement ceremonies [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (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: Coney Island: Community Center