About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0267
  • TitleThe thrill of a lifetime
  • SummaryCaption: "The thrill of a lifetime. Imagine a youngster shaking hands with the governor of New York State. That's what Charles Jacobs, 8, and Dorothy Raff, 7, did yesterday afternoon after the Brooklyn Sunday School Union Anniversary Day parade. The picture shows them in front of the reviewing stand in Prospect Park. Governor Lehman is shown greeting them. Others in the stand, left to right, are Lieutenant Governor Bray, Mayor LaGuardia, Borough President Ingersoll, Aldrich J. Sammis, and Rear Admiral Harris M. Laning."
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectLa Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947 ; Admirals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Governors -- New York (State) ; Lieutenant governors -- New York (State) ; Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parades -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (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: Celebrations: Anniversary Day Parade: Sunday school parade: 1936-1939