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  • TitleCoronation at Packer
  • Call NumberSCHL_0541
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Coronation at Packer--Elfrieda Koehler, Class of '50 in the junior college, is crowned May Queen in the 38th annual exhibition of students work at the Packer Collegiate Institute [170 Joralemon Street] by 'King' Joan Shaymer, senior of the high school division, while left to right, Betty Lou Norris [kneeling], Louise Deickman and Barbara Waldo, members of the Queens Court, attend."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 12, 1950; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPacker Collegiate Institute ; Pageants -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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.