About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0151
  • TitleMermaids present ballet
  • SummaryTwelve young women in bathing suits posing by swimming pool. Caption: "Mermaids Present Ballet: Synchronized swim group of Brooklyn College Women's A.A. lines up after first session of annual water ballet being given at the college pool. Top, left to right are Bette Reese, Diana De Luca, Audry Scott, Marlene Boyd, Sandra Miller, Isabel Milligan and Helen Riddock. In front row are Sue Ritz, Margaret Malek, Sondra Zaretsky, Barbara Stern and Carol Frick, in the usual order."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Dec. 3, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorTri-Boro Photos [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn College ; Brooklyn College -- Students ; Synchronized swimmers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Swimming pools
  • 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: Swimming