About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0247
  • TitleYouth on trial
  • SummaryCaption: "Youth on trial--As part of a program to combat juvenile delinquency, Edward Voluntad, 13, left, and Gerald McCallion, 12, of the Navy Yard Boys Club, are sworn in as defense counsel and judge in a mock trial held in Brooklyn Paramount Theater. Edward Cavanaugh, club director, adminsters oath to youngsters, who tried a 12-year-old boy for excessive truancy."
  • 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: Nov. 19, 1950; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNavy Yard Boys Club (New York, N.Y.) ; Boys -- Societies and clubs -- 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: Boys clubs: Navy Yard: Children: General