About This Item


  • TitleBrownsville Boys Club
  • Call NumberSWEL_0055
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SWEL 0042), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views, in different sizes, of boys being examined by physicians. Caption (0042): "Salvatore Albano and Frank Albano of 96 Snediker Ave. are two of 500 youngsters who will go to summer camps this year as guests of the Brownsville Boys Club of Brooklyn and Abe Stark, its director. A staff of physicians, including Dr. Leo Karren [with stethoscope on boy's chest], examined children at the clubhouse, 417 Christopher Ave. ..." 0055 shows boy having his mouth examined.
  • Date1948, 1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0055: 10 x 8 in. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Dates stamped on verso: 0042: Jun[e] 23, 1948; 0055: Nov. 30, 1953. Title from caption on verso of 0042..
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrownsville Boys Club ; Boys -- Societies and clubs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Physicians -- 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.