About This Item

  • Call NumberEAGL_0453
  • TitleFake caballero gives them the eye
  • SummaryTwo women in Mexican costume before diorama of Mexican peasant poling a boat. Caption: "Fake caballero gives them the eye: Senoritas Margaret Vigilant and Betty Dudley, seated, are trying out one of Mexico's pleasure boats for size at the Brooklyn Eagle's 'Meet Mexico' exhibit. Their costumes, lavish with sequins, are just like the onew worn at fiesta time south of the border when there are real caballeros to help load senoritas aboard. The exhibit, on the mezzanine of the Eagle Building, 24 Johnson St., will remain open until Dec. 9."
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Nov. 29, 1944; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDiorama ; Costume -- Mexico ; Exhibitions -- 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: Eagle