About This Item

  • Call NumberOSOS_0037
  • TitleBirthday party at Golden Gate Motor Inn
  • SummarySnapshot of six middle-aged Haitian American women celebrating Immacula Smith's 60th birthday at former Golden Gate Motor Inn in Sheepshead Bay; standing (left to right) Annette Smith, Monique Smith, Anne Marie Jocelyn, Immacula Smith, Wilda Smith, and Carmelle Smith; two others (man and woman) partly visible behind the six standing women.
  • Date[1999]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, TIFF, color
  • Genredigital imagessnapshots
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Date supplied by donor: 1999-08-08. Original photograph (dimensions unknown) digitized on Aug. 29, 2015 as a TIFF. Donated for capture by Farrah Lafontant at New Lots Library. Collected through the Our Streets, Our Stories community heritage project, a part of the Culture in Transit grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge.
  • SubjectHaitian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Women, Black -- New York (State) -- New York ; Haitian American families -- New York (State) -- New York ; Birthday parties -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionOur Streets, Our Stories collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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