About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0100
  • TitleTaking all comers
  • SummaryCaption: "Taking all comers--Thomas Wiswell, 'Mr. Checkers,' U. S. Army checkers champion, 1942-45, takes on 14 players simultaneously (12 checkers games and 2 chess games) in the auditorium of the Flatbush Boys Club, during the National Boys Club Week, March 20-16."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1950; photographer's stamp. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • CreatorPublicity Photographers
  • SubjectFlatbush Boys Club (New York, N.Y.) ; Boys -- Societies and clubs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Checkers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Chess -- 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: Flatbush: Misc.: I