About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0068
  • TitleChanukah party
  • SummaryCaption: "William Manischewitz was host at a Chanukah party for boro school kids and lighted the first candle opening the ceremonial at which youngsters re-enacted the story of the ancient Maccabees who routed despoilers from the temple."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Dec. 20, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFasts and feasts -- Judaism -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hanukkah ; Jews -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Holidays: Jewish: Chanukah