About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0608
  • Title"Wha' hoppened in Shushan"
  • SummaryCaption: "'Wha hoppened in Sushan'--Two [really three] children from the Yeshiva of Eastern Parkway [all wearing costumes] put on a lively Purim operetta about the events in Shushan when Queen Esther saved her people, at the gala Purim celebration in the Savoy Theater, 1515 Bedford Ave. ... In the picture, left to right, are Robert Newman, 13, of 227 Utica Ave., the king; Ellen Rein, 10, of 851 Eastern Parkway, a guard, and Allen Green, 12, of 623 Cleveland St., Haman."
  • 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 verso: date stamped: Mar. 24, 1951; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectYeshiva of Eastern Parkway ; Children's plays -- New York (State) -- New York ; Purim -- 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: Schools: Private: Yeshiva of Eastern Parkway