About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0090
  • TitleDigging out delinquency
  • SummaryFour dignitaries at groundbreaking ceremony. Caption: "Digging Out Delinquency: Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Esperti, president of the East New York Boys Club and head of the women's division, respectively, break ground for the organization's new clubhouse at Ashford St. near New Lots Ave. Participating in the ceremony . . . was President Justice Daniel Gutman of the Municipal Court, honorary president of the club, left."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 25, 1954; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGround breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Boys -- Societies and clubs -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East New York (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: East New York