About This Item


  • Call NumberEAGL_0236
  • TitleBoys of School 5 bring birdhouses to the Eagle
  • SummaryThirteen boys sitting or standing in three rows, most holding birdhouses of their own construction for contest sponsored by Brooklyn Daily Eagle; one man standing behind boys in back row at left; most of background obscured by gray wash; rows of folded wooden chairs at left.
  • Date1916
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteRetouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 10, 1916; Eagle stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Daily Eagle
  • SubjectBrooklyn daily eagle ; Birdhouses ; Contests
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Eagle: Contests