About This Item


  • Call NumberHOLI_0396
  • TitlePrancing patriots
  • SummaryParade in downtown Brooklyn showing horses with riders in Western costume; two horses pulling stagecoach carrying eight or nine passengers in middle ground; bystanders lining sidewalks; trolley car and former Kings County Supreme Courthouse (since demolished) in background. Caption on verso: "Prancing Patriots: A bit frisky as they trotted through the Borough Hall area, two horses drawing a Loyalty Parade stagecoach didn't relish the jabbing of a shaft which apparently broke on the way back to the stable. They ran beserk in front of 971 Kent Ave., near DeKalb Ave., crashing into an iron railing. None of the coach's six occupants was hurt."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 30, 1950. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectParades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Holidays -- New York (State) -- New York ; Horse-drawn vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Trolley cars -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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: Loyalty Day Parade