About This Item

  • Call NumberCLUB_0002
  • Title[Crescent Club football team]
  • SummaryPosed, exterior view of eleven members of the Crescent Athletic Club football team in 1884. The identified team members are: C. H. Chapman; J. E. P. Stevens; Herbert Broughton; J. A. Smith; George Hicks; F. R. Vernon; W. H. Ford, J. Lamanche, and Duncan Edward. The exact placement of team members pictured is not indicated. Two team members are unidentified. The Crescent Club was located at the intersection of Clinton Street and Pierrepont Street.
  • Date1884
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 4 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteCropped and retouched. Date inscribed on verso: March 27/39. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectAthletic clubs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Football teams -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Clubs: Athletic: Crescent Club: I