About This Item


  • TitleAtomic Age Halloween
  • Call NumberHOLI_0062
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Atomic Age Halloween--Robots who took part in last night's Halloween party sponsored by Flatbush Boys Club at its clubhouse, 2245 Bedford Ave., tried to scare Charles Callahan, 6, of 102 Lott St, but maybe he recognized cardboard boxes and other commonplace items making up costumes worn by William Dotten, 9, of 1 Parade Place, and Douglas Behr, 7, of 967 Ocean Ave. Bill Dotten is inside robot at left."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso. Stamped on verso: date: Nov. 1, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHalloween -- New York (State) -- New York ; Halloween costumes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Portraits [gmgpc]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.