About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0441
  • TitleBoy meets girl
  • SummaryCaption: "Boy meets girl--Oystein Sirevaag, singing ex-seaman, now captain of the staff of the Norwegian Seamen's House [located at 62 Hanson Place], has an interested listener in Roberta Ansorge of 346 13th St. ... In the background Walter Erickson of the house staff plays the accordion."
  • Date1948
  • 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: date stamped: Nov. 14, 1948; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNorwegian Seamen's House (New York, N.Y.) ; Accordion -- New York (State) -- New York ; Institutional care -- New York (State) -- New York ; Microphone ; Singing
  • 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: Social welfare: Homes: Norwegian Seamen's House