About This Item


  • Call NumberSWEL_0074
  • Title[Boy and two men with baseballs and bats]
  • SummaryBoy standing with two men at table holding collection of baseballs and baseball bats. Typed caption on verso: "More than 200 boys . . . participated in ceremonies yesterday (May 27) to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Salvation Army Bushwick Red Shield Boys' Club. . . .The members . . . ate ice cream and cake in the afternoon and saw Irving Rudd, executive secretary of the Brooklyn Amateur Baseball Foundation, sponsored by the Brooklyn Dodgers, present baseball equipment for the club to Commissioner Donald McMillan, Eastern Territorial Commander of the Salvation Army. . . .Photo shows, left to right, Mr. Rudd; Edward Grant, 12 years old, of 530 Evergreen Avenue, admiring the baseball equipment; and Comm. McMillan.",.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: June 2, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSalvation Army ; Baseball -- Equipment and supplies
  • 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: Bushwick