About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0111
  • TitleBig moment
  • SummaryCaption: "Big moment--James Cattrano, the 'boy wizard billiard player,' draws a bead on an exhibition game in the Flatbush Boys Club, 2245 Bedford Ave., with a club member, John Hopkins of 520 E. 37th St. Jimmie beat Johnnie by 50-15."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 9, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorFurlong, Harold
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFlatbush Boys Club (New York, N.Y.) ; Billiards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Boys -- Societies and clubs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Pool (Game) -- 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: Social welfare: Boys clubs: Flatbush: Misc.: II