About This Item
- TitleSailing along
- Call NumberCHUR_0547
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryTwo young men standing and two young women kneeling on platform (all in blackface makeup) in front of curtain; women hold model sailboat. Caption: "Sailing along--In 'The Shmoboat,' a minstrel play by the Young Folks Club of the Fort Hamilton Presbyterian Church, to be held at the church hall, 94th St. and 4th Ave., Friday evening, are, left to right (kneeling), Peggy Cauley and Irene Thompson, and (standing) Tichard Olsen and Campbell Thompson."
- Date1953
- 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: caption stamped: Nov. 22, 1953. Title from caption on verso.
- CreatorBrooklyn eagle
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectFort Hamilton Presbyterian Church ; Church entertainments ; Minstrel shows ; Presbyterian churches [lctgm]
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- Finding AidView the finding aid
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (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.