About This Item

  • Call NumberCLUB_0305
  • TitleMinstrel boys and girls
  • SummaryCaption: "Minstrel boys and girls --How many of these Elks costumed as 'girls' can you identify? This is a picture of the cast of a minstrel and revue which the Brooklyn Lodge of Elks gave at the Academy of Music on Feb.13, 14, 15, 16, 1928. Jack Spiegel, who submitted the photo, is fifth from the left in the back row."
  • Date1928
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Sep[t] 28, 1952; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectClubs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Entertainers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Female impersonators -- 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
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Clubs: Social: Elks: II