About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0427
  • TitleSouth American way
  • SummaryCaption: "South American way--These four young lassies, representing the Bedford Stuyvesant section of the Parks Department's 36th annual Brooklyn dance festival at the Long Meadow, Prospect Park, illustrate dance steps from south of the border. The girls, left ro right, are: Helen McAuley, 8, of 695 Knicherbocker Ave.; Celia Taylor, 9, of 689 Knickerbocker Ave.; Marguerite Helmstadt, 9, of 1383 Putnam Ave., and Marion Federman, 12, of 1286 Madison Ave."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: caption stamped: Aug. 12, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle staff photo by Kruh." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDance for children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Folk dancing, Spanish -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (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: Parks: Prospect Park: Dance festival