About This Item

  • TitleIndependent Elks meet
  • Call NumberCLUB_0312
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Independent Elks meet--Delegates of the convention in Buffalo of the Independent Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World surround convention dignitaries. Shown, left to right, are Larry J. Fosterof 654 Putnam Ave., Grand Traveling Deputy; Mrs. Bertha Diggs, secretary of the State Labor Department; J. Finley Wilson, Grand Exalted Ruler, and UN negotiator Ralph J. Bunch. Convention saw merger of two Brooklyn factions which had been split for five years." All pictured are African Americans.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Sep[t] 10, 1951; "Brooklyn Eagle;" "James C. Campbell, Photographer." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorCampbell, James C.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAfrican Americans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Clubs -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationBuffalo (N.Y.)
  • 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.