About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2079
  • TitleDay camp hi-jinks
  • SummaryTwo boys, one at left in clown's outfit and holding seltzer bottle, one at right in blackface and holding broom, observed by younger child and woman, in center; painted backdrop partially visible behind boy at left. Caption: "Day camp hi-jinks -- As the Williamsburg Settlement day camp's Summer season ends with a masquerade party at the settlement house, 17 Montrose Ave., Leonard Tancome, left, the clown, and Irving Leibowitz, right, as 'Pete the Tramp,' stage a bit of byplay for the enjoyment of Ralph Spagnoletti and Mrs. David Rubin, president of the settlement."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: caption stamped: Aug. 27, 1953; Broolyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBoys ; Masquerades ; Children's parties ; Day camps ; Social settlements
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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: Williamsburg: Settlement Houses: Drama