About This Item


  • TitlePupils and puppets
  • Call NumberSCHL_1259
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Pupils and puppets--Five youngsters, all students at P.S. 9, Vanderbilt Ave and Sterling Place, get closeup of the onstage action of 'The Emperor's Clothes,' annual puppet show ... Shown, from top to bottom, are Patricia John, 12, of 49 Downing St., Barbara Garfield, 12, of 198 Berkeley Place, Marion Palm, 13, of 341 St. John's Place, Robert Anderson, 13, of 272 Prospect Place, and Ronald Wilson, 12, of 253 Prospect Place. Performance was given at High School for Homemaking."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 20, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 9 (New York, N.Y.) ; Puppet theater -- New York (State) -- New York ; School children -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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.