About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0067
  • TitleBrownsville boys on TV
  • SummaryCaption: "Brownsville boys on TV--These high I. Q. experts from the Brownsville Boys Club did their best yesterday on the WPIX-TV 'Junior Charades' show to beat out a quartet of Bronx girls, but even with the help of Jimmy Murphy, Brooklyn Eagle sports writer and their coach, they went down to defeat. Left to right are Isadore Berman of 576 Powell St., Alvin Fox of 840 Stone Ave., Jerry Simon of 657 Stone Ave. and LeRoy Heller of 683 Stone Ave. Behind them are Norman Reitman, clown scorekeeper on the show, and Murphy."
  • Date1951
  • 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: caption stamped: Dec. 9, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrownsville Boys Club ; Boys -- Societies and clubs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Clowns -- New York (State) -- New York ; Television quiz shows -- New York (State) -- New York ; Television programs -- 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: Brownsville: IV