About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0714
  • TitleNow break clean
  • SummaryCaption: "Now break clean--Youngsters at Willoughby House [Settlement] are advised of [boxing] fight rules by Leo Berger, gym director. At left is Bob Williams [African American], 9. Arthur Stimus, 11, squares off at right."
  • Date1952
  • 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: caption stamped: May 18, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWilloughby House Settlement (New York, N.Y.) ; African American boys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Boxing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Settlements -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Social settlements -- 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: Settlement houses: Willoughby House Settlement: Children