About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0739
  • TitleMile of bright stars and bells
  • SummaryCaption: "Mile of bright stars and bells--Christmas lights--a mile-long canopy of overhead lights, with stars and bells, from curb to curb along Flatbush Ave.--are turned on, with a Flatbush Chamber of Commerce committee looking on. Left to right are Julius Erlanger, Irving Greenberg, Deputy Borough Works Commissioner, Frank A. Nolan (turning switch), Dr. Talbot H. LeBlanc, president of the chamber, Henry J. Spiegel. In rear are Roy H. Sloane, left, and Benjamin J. King, chamber secretary."
  • 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: Nov. 26, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBoards of trade ; Christmas decorations
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Flatbush: Chamber of Commerce