About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0109
  • TitleYoung turkey hunters
  • SummaryCaption: "Young turkey hunters--All prepared for annual Thanksgiving Day festival at Infants Home of Brooklyn, 1358 56th St., are 3-year-old Pilgrim, Ralph, with trusty rifle, prepared to shoot down any wandering turkey he may find in the 56th St. forest lands, and his loyal companion and admirer, 2-year-old Harriet, Regardless of what luck the young hunters have, there will be turkey for the children's Thanksgiving dinner." The children are both wearing Pilgrim costumes.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Nov.21, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCostumes New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Rifles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Thanksgiving Day -- 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: Holidays: Thanksgiving