About This Item

  • TitleTraditional maypole
  • Call NumberHOLI_0271
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummarySchoolgirls with sashes marching with maypole, observed by adults seated behind rope; other marchers behind them. Caption on verso: "Traditional Maypole: Children bear Maypole, fixture of each Anniversary Day parade, as Prospect-Carroll division Sunday Schools march across Prospect Park's Long Meadow."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jun. 10, 1949; "Eagle Staff photo."
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectParades -- New York (State) -- New York ; School children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sunday schools -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Maypoles -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect 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.