About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0031
  • TitleNew boys clubhouse started
  • SummaryCaption: "New boys clubhouse started--The first bite of earth for the new $250,000 clubhouse for the Brownsville Boys Club at Christopher Ave. and Linden Boulevard is scooped up by Abe Stark, club president, with the help of [unnamed] operator and 7-year-old Michael Classer, while Thomas J. Craighead, regional director of the Boys Club of America, looks on."
  • Date1949
  • 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: Oct. 25, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrownsville Boys Club ; Boys -- Societies and clubs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Social welfare: Boys clubs: Brownsville: I