About This Item

  • TitleWilliamsburg Athletes
  • Call NumberCLUB_0036
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Williamsburg Athletes--This group of young athletes, whose grim looks make up for their lack of size, posed for the camera in the yard of the photographer at 100 Graham Ave., on Aug.15, 1909. the three men in the back are Salvatore Planeta, Pietro di Benedetto and Joe Rizzo, who worked for Rocco Trotta, the marble man, at 24 Union Ave., near Montrose. The photo has been treasured these 33 years by Anthony Treglia, now living at 353 S.5th St., Brooklyn."
  • Date1909
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Jul[y] 20, 1942. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAthletes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Athletic clubs -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.