About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0075
  • TitleHappy boy
  • SummaryCloseup of shirtless boy in kerchief examining leaf. Caption: "Happy Boy: This typical, freckle-faced Brooklyn lad, a member of the Bushwick Red Shield Boys' Club and a guest at the Salvation Army's Lake Star Camp at Butler, N.J., examines a leaf, something of a novelty around his borough neighborhood."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 25, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCamp sites, facilities, etc. -- New Jersey ; Boys -- Societies and clubs -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationButler (N.J.)
  • 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: Bushwick