About This Item


  • Call NumberEAGL_0237
  • Title[Three pictures of boys and birdhouses]
  • SummaryThree pictures cut out and pasted on board; one on top (4 x 9 in., with painted borders) has ten boys posing outdoors around table with birdhouses of their own construction; one on right (3 x 5 in., with painted borders) close-up of ten birdhouses displayed on two shelves; on on left portrait of boy, with hat and double-breasted jacket, holding corncob birdhouse. Inscription on verso: "Some more pictures taken on Eagle bird house contest exhibits. George Holmes of Medford in his used corncobs as building material."
  • Date1916
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteRetouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 6, 1916; Eagle stamp. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Daily Eagle
  • SubjectBrooklyn daily eagle ; Birdhouses ; Contests ; Boys
  • 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: Eagle: Contests