About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0322
  • TitleCompany, halt!
  • SummaryScene in Prospect Park at the annual Anniversary Day parade of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union, showing racially mixed group of eight girls (some holding American flags) standing together before banner that reads "Strong Baptist [Bible] School." Caption on verso: "Company, Halt!: Congestion ahead calls for a pause in the procession and the little marchers peer ahead, wondering why."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jun. 5, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectParades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sunday schools -- New York (State) -- New York ; Schoolgirls -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (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: Celebrations: Anniversary Day: Sunday School Parade: 1952-1954: II