About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0838
  • TitlePosture queen
  • SummaryCaption: "Posture queen--Barbara Liebman, Erasmus Hall High School's posture queen, demonstrates with a book just how a girl can acquire the kind of carriage which won her first prize in the school's annual contest. Irene Greenberg, center, won second place and Rose Tursellino is third place winner."
  • Date1952
  • 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: date stamped: Dec. 26, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectErasmus Hall High School ; High school students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Posture -- 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: Schools: Public: High schools: Erasmus High: Students: II