About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0107
  • TitleA day down on the farm
  • SummaryCaption: "A day down on the farm--Eagerly awaited annual spring event is the Brooklyn College Fair, a day of fun with a serious purpose. Motive underlying the festivities is the raising of funds to aid needy community charities and to provide scholarships for less fortunate young men and women desiring advanced education. President Gideonse is flanked by Stan Spiegler, 'King' of the event, and "Queen' Marian Fischler, taking a hearty chunk of cake from the presidential hand."
  • Date1952
  • 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: caption stamped: Nov. 9, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn College ; College students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fairs -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Adult: Brooklyn College: Students: County Fair