About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_0661
  • TitleChristmas around the world
  • SummaryCaption: "Christmas around the world--Bay Ridge High School [4th Avenue and 67th Street] students, in native costumes, examine Polish dolls after which some of the dresses for the school's annual Christmas Festival were patterned. Left to right are Genevieve Mikrut, representing Poland; Jean Lord and Mary Kelleher as a French girl and boy, and Katie Hambas, representing Greece."
  • Date1948
  • 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: Dec. 10, 1948; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBay Ridge High School (New York, N.Y.) ; Costume -- France ; Costume -- Greece ; Costume -- Poland ; Costume dolls -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dolls -- 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: Bay Ridge: II