About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0494
  • TitleBetsy Ross flag
  • SummaryCaption: "Betsy Ross flag--Dorothy Warner [as Betsy Ross] holds replica of early version of the Stars and Stripes in student pageant [flanked by two other girls dressed as Revolutionary War soldiers] at Packer Collegiate Institute. History of America was graphically told in display of 20 historical flags."
  • Date1942
  • 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: May 9, 1942; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKaufman, Irving [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPacker Collegiate Institute ; Flags -- New York (State) -- New York ; School children -- New York (State) -- New York ; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
  • 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: Packer Collegiate Institute: Students: 1940's: I