About This Item

  • TitleBig blow out
  • Call NumberNEIG_2087
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBoy sitting on folding chair playing tuba. Caption: "Big blow out--Kid musicians at the Williamsburg Settlement House, 17 Montrose Ave., are set for their Sidewalk Symphony Concert tomorrow to launch a fund-drive for their school. Charles Liotta, 9, is the oompah-boy here winding up for the big event."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On recto: "Jay Sharp, Brooklyn, New York" stamped in black in lower right corner. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 22, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBoys ; Settlements [lctgm] ; Tubas [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.