About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0055
  • TitleBensonhurst golden jubilee
  • SummaryCaption: "This is one of the scenes that took place in 1937 when the community of Bensonhurst celebrated its golden jubilee with a parade in which several hundred persons participated." The men marching in parade in foreground are wearing Scottish dress and are playing bagpipes; another man is playing a drum, and several men in background wearing plain clothes are carrying large signs, "Foreign exchange," "Xmas club," "School savings," and "Safe deposit boxes." There is a small house in left background.
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: caption stamped: Jun[e] 15, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBagpipers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Costume -- Scotland ; Parades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBensonhurst (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Bensonhurst: Neighborhoods