About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0311
  • TitleMiss Liberty
  • SummaryThree girls, two in oriental costume, one with Liberty-head crown, posing in Prospect Park as part of the annual Anniversary Day parade of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union; other children and bystanders in background. Caption on verso: "Miss Liberty: Joanne Christensen, 5, is flanked by Beverley and Barbara Beasley, 3, twins, in Chinese costumes. One of the passing pictures in the 26-division 122d Anniversary Day parade of Sunday School children, more than 100,000 strong."
  • Date1951
  • 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. 8, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectParades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sunday schools -- New York (State) -- New York ; Twins -- New York (State) -- New York ; Girls -- 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) 1950-51: I