About This Item


  • Call NumberPARK_0012
  • TitleA happy crowd in the park
  • SummaryCaption: "A happy crowd in the park--Applauding and yelling their delight, this [large] group of children were among the 'first nighters' at the opening of the Marionette Theater's 14th year in Lincoln Terrace Park, Eastern Parkway and Buffalo Ave. Sponsored by the New York City Park Department, the theater will move from park to park so that thousands of children will be entertatined in their home neighborhoods. Dorothy Fisher is superintendent of the theater."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 16, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChildren -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parks -- 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: Parks: Lincoln Terrace Park