About This Item


  • Call NumberSWEL_0563
  • TitleCrown Purim queen
  • SummaryCaption: "Crown Purim queen--Twelve-year-old Rosalind Solomon is crowned queen of the annual Purim Festival of the Pride of Judea Children's Home by Bob Hope and Jane Russell. The festival will be held ... at the home, Dumont Ave. and Elton St."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 6, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHope, Bob, 1903-2003 ; Russell, Jane, 1921-2011 ; Pride of Judea Children's Home (New York, N.Y.) ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York ; Purim -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Orphanages: Pride of Judea Children's Home: Holidays