About This Item

  • Call NumberCLUB_0287
  • Title[Elks auction]
  • SummaryCaption: "A bird's eye view of more than 1,000 persons who gathered on the first day of the [Elks Club] sale to watch gorgeous trappings, once the pride of thousands of Elks, go with the fall of an auctioneer's hammer."
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteCropped; piece missing from lower left. Date inscribed on verso: Jan. 26/37. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectAuctions -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crowds -- 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: Clubs: Social: Elks: I