About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0742
  • TitleChristmas lights on Flatbush Ave
  • SummaryCaption: "Christmas lights on Flatbush Ave--Hundreds of Flatbush youngsters [adults, and Santa Claus] crowd around Deputy Borough Works Commissioner Frank A. Nolan, as the Flatbush Democratic leader pulls switch turning on Christmas lights along Flatbush Ave. A canopy of overhead lights from curb to curb now covers the thoroughfare."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Nov. 28, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChildren ; Christmas ; Santa Claus
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Flatbush: General