About This Item


  • Call NumberHOLI_0293
  • TitleJunior wedding
  • SummaryChildren dressed as adults in formal wear in mock wedding ceremony on Long Meadow of Prospect Park, as part of annual Anniversary Day parade of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union; boy at right posing as pastor, boy and girl in center posing as bride and groom, and other children posing as members of wedding party; floral cross next to girl posing as bride. Caption on verso: "Junior Wedding: Jeffrey Lih, 8, of 534 9th St. unites Billy Calvin, 6, of 761 55th St., and Linda Main, 7, of 490 9th St. in a bit of pageantry by Sunday school pupils of the Prospect Heights Presbyterian Church."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jun. 9, 1950; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectParades -- New York (State) -- New York ; School children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Weddings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sunday schools -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (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: Celebrations: Anniversary Day: Sunday School Parade: 1950-1951: II