About This Item

  • TitleIn fancy dress
  • Call NumberSCHL_1346
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "In fancy dress--[Seven] children of classes 3-3 and 3-4 of Public School 104, 92d St. and 5th Ave., staged a pageant entitled 'The Melting Pot' in the auditorium of the school in observance of 'I am an American.' Miss Katherine Cornell is school principal." All are wearing costumes and are standing outside in front of concrete wall. The girl in the center represents the Statue of Liberty.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: May 19, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic School 104 (New York, N.Y.) ; Pageants -- New York (State) -- New York ; School children -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.