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  • TitleBoys win money for friend's memorial
  • Call NumberCHUR_0862
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFour boys (two standing, two sitting on desk), and two men (one is wearing clerical attire) shaking hands. Caption: "Boys win money for friend's memorial--The Rev. Alphonse Sarnelli, of St. Rocco's R. C. Church, 216 27th St., and four young parishioners, left to right, John Martinelli, Martin Luttanzi, Raymond Wysokowski, and Robert Silverence, are congratulated by Dennis James, of the CBS-TV 'On Your Account' show, for their work in raising money for a youth center for the church. The church will be a memorial to 11-year-old Alan Salvensen, who drowned Nov. 20 playing on the docks of the gowanus Canal."
  • Date1954
  • 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: date stamped: Dec. 15, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Rocco's Church ; Fund raising
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (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.