About This Item


  • Call NumberHOLI_0330
  • TitleParade stopper
  • SummaryScene in Prospect Park at the annual Anniversary Day parade of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union, showing girl playing euphonium with female Salvation Army band. Caption on verso: "Parade Stopper: Janeen Hill, 6, deserts her contingent from Prospect Heights Presbyterian Church to join buglers from Salvation Army's Officers Training College and temporarily stops Anniversary Day Parade."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jun. 5, 1953; "Eagle Photo by Fox." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorFox, Dan
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSalvation Army ; Parades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sunday schools -- New York (State) -- New York ; Girls -- New York (State) -- New York ; Brass bands -- 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: 1952-1954: II