About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1245
  • TitleYankee Doodle dandies
  • SummaryCaption: "Yankee Doodle dandies--Trio of 5th graders at Public School 8 freeze in patriotic tableau depicting famous picture, 'The Spirit of '76,' as part of community program at school dedicated to 'America United for Peace.' Ten-year-olds, left to right, are Peter Spaulding, 155 Hicks St., Richard Kaufman, 183 Columbia Heights, and Chris Volz, 4 Poplar St."
  • Date1952
  • 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: Mar. 7, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectUnited States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 ; Public School 8 (New York, N.Y.) ; School children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Tableaux
  • 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: P.S. #8