About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0716
  • Title50th anniversary
  • SummaryLarge crowd of observers watching ceremony taking place in large, circular arena. Caption: "East New York observes 50th anniversary of the annexation, as the Town of New Lots, to the city of Brooklyn. The general view indicates how the ceremonies looked in Highland Park."
  • Date1936
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 4 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: approximately half of original image appears to be missing. On verso: date inscribed: Oct. 4/36. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectAnniversaries ; Rites and ceremonies ; Spectators [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East New York (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: East New York: General (1)