About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0071
  • TitleAbe Stark, Walter Delany and William J. Levitt
  • SummaryCaption: "More than 2,000 persons attended a dinner in the Waldorf-Astoria when a fund drive was started for a $700,000 building for the Brownsville Boys Club. ... Abe Stark, [left] is club president and one of the founders. The dinner was in honor of William J. Levitt, [right], an active worker in the project. Admiral Walter DeLany, [center] commandant of the 3d Naval District, attended." The men are wearing tuxedos.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 11 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 28, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrownsville Boys Club ; Tuxedos [lctgm]
  • 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: Social welfare: Boys clubs: Brownsville: IV