About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_0845
  • TitlePosture queens
  • SummaryCaption: "Posture queens--Barbara Goldstein, center, winner of the 'Miss Erasmus' title in the school's annual posture contest, poses prettily with the runners-up. Shirley Telford, right, placed second, and Jeanne Guarria, left, was third."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 13, 1950; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectErasmus Hall High School ; High school students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Posture -- 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: Schools: Public: High schools: Erasmus Hall: Students: II