About This Item


  • Call NumberSWEL_0060
  • TitleFor underprivileged children
  • SummaryCaption: "For underprivileged children--Minority Leader Eugene F. Bannigan of the State Assembly, right, presents a check, part of the proceeds of the 72nd annual dinner and dance of his Andrew Jackson Democratic Club, to Council President Abe Stark for the latter's Brownsville Boys Club. Councilman Jeremiah B. Bloom, a mainstay of the Jackson Club, is an interested spectator, in the Hotel St. George."
  • Date1954
  • 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: May 5, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrownsville Boys Club ; Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York ; Politicians -- 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: Brownsville: III