About This Item


  • Call NumberSCHL_0481
  • TitleBook fair highlight
  • SummaryCaption: "Book fair highlight--Author Vera Hamman[n] autographs copies of her newest book, 'Vagabond Stars and Far Horizons,' at Packer Collegiate Institute's annual book fair [at 170 Joralemon Street]. Left to right are Mrs. Norman H. Free, program chairman; Mrs. Miles Thomley, president of the Parent-Teacher Association; Dr. Paul Shafer, headmaster, and Mrs. Douglas E. Barnes, project chairman."
  • Date1952
  • 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: caption stamped: Nov. 16, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPacker Collegiate Institute ; Autographs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Books -- New York (State) -- New York ; Women authors, American -- 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: Schools: Private: Packer Collegiate Institute: Parent-Teacher Association