About This Item


  • TitleStudio photograph of boy, approximately 9 years old, wearing his school uniform.
  • Call NumberOSOS_0030
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMichael Joseph Haigney at his home in Bay Ridge, wearing his uniform from Saint Patrick Catholic Academy.
  • Date1965
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, TIFF, black-and-white
  • Genreblack-and-white photographsportraits
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Date supplied by donor. Original photograph, 7 x 5 inches, digitized in 2015 as a TIFF. Donated for capture by Margaret Haigney at Saint Saviour Catholic Academy. Collected through the Our Streets, Our Stories community heritage project, a part of the Culture in Transit grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge.
  • Creator[unknown]
  • SubjectPortraits ; Catholic schools
  • CollectionOur Streets, Our Stories collection
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
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