About This Item

  • TitlePrince and Princess of Bushwick
  • Call NumberBPL_0438
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "The Prince and [African American] Princess of Bushwick, reigning monarchs of the Brooklyn Public Library's summer Library Festival, are crowned amid crowds of well-wishers." John Frantz, Library Director, is standing in left background and Bessie Bulloch, Community Coordinator, is standing beside him; African American man, perhaps Major Owens, is shaking hands with the Prince.
  • Date196-
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorKinet, Carolyn [photographer]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Bushwick Branch ; African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Festivals -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Bushwick (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.