About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_1435
  • TitleCurtain raiser
  • SummaryCaption: "Curtain raiser--Paula Halpern, 11, [holding a sign, "Cancer show"] of 1064 Willmohn St., [and eight other girls with one arm outstretched] apprise the audience of where the $75 paid for admission would go at the performance in P. S. 219, E. 94th St. and Clarkson Ave., Canarsie, of a variety show by the pupils." The girls, standing in V formation, are wearing dance costumes.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 219 (New York, N.Y.) ; Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York ; School children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- 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: Schools: Public: P.S. #219