About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0342
  • TitleGowned
  • SummaryCaption: "Gowned in graduation robe, talented Anastasia Plucker of 408 Degraw St. leads the Bishop McDonnell Memorial High School [on Eastern Parkway and Washington Avenue] orchestra at her own graduation. It's the first time in the school's history that a student conductor took over at a graduation."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 22, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorPublicity Photographers [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBishop McDonnell Memorial High School ; Graduation ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Orchestras [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: Schools: Private: Bishop McDonnell