About This Item


  • Call NumberHOLI_0310
  • TitleWant to know something
  • SummaryBoy in Prospect Park posing with American flag as part of the annual Anniversary Day parade of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union. Caption on verso: "Want To Know Something: Lester Aldridge, 3, a little man of unusual understanding, parades with flag, showing which side HE's on, if any one wants to know."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jun. 8, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectParades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sunday schools -- New York (State) -- New York ; Boys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (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: Celebrations: Anniversary Day (Sunday School Parade) 1950-51: I