About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0212
  • TitleDon't throw wooden shoes, please
  • SummaryFive boys and two girls in Dutch costumes; girl, left, holds the hand of boy, right; between them is boy holding book. Caption: "Don't throw wooden shoes, please--Re-enactment of Early Dutch wedding ceremony in America is being rehearsed by youngsters of Old First Dutch Reformed Church, 7th Ave. and Carroll St., in preparation for performance Thursday as part of 125th anniversary parade of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union. Part of the bride is played by Ave Joyner, 3, of 42 Seventh Ave.; the minister, center, is Robert Thompson, 5, of 299 Garfield Place, while the groom on the right is really John Christensen, 4, of 541 8th St."
  • Date1954
  • 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: date stamped: Jun[e] 7, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectOld First Reformed Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Church entertainments ; Reformed Church -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (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.