About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0525
  • TitleJohn O. Killens
  • SummaryPosed studio portrait of Brooklyn author and playwright, John Oliver Killens.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsphotographsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 26, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectKillens, John Oliver, 1916-1987 ; African American authors -- New York (State) -- New York ; African American dramatists -- 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: Portraits: Killens, John O