About This Item

  • TitleIt happened in Brooklyn
  • Call NumberWORK_1097
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryYoung woman sitting on rooftop amid ballons with lettering, "It Happened in Brooklyn at Loew's Met." Caption: "It happened in Brooklyn: Ready to release nylon-bearing ballons on the Brooklyn Eagle roof is Frances Marino, nestled behind a batch of them. Some carried tickets to the opening of "It Happened in Brooklyn" at Loew's Metropolitan Theater...."
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsphotographspublicizing
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jun. 4, 1947; "Eagle Staff photo." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMotion pictures -- New York (State) -- New York ; Roofs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Novelty balloons
  • 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.