About This Item

  • TitleMake way for the queen
  • Call NumberHOLI_0321
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryScene in Prospect Park at the annual Anniversary Day parade of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union, showing procession of African American children; boy with walking stick leading procession, girl with bouquet behind him; four girls holding parasols; two girls holding train of girl with bouquet. Caption on verso: "Make Way for the Queen: In a blaze of crepe paper, the queen of Galilee Baptist Church strides regally past thre reviewing stand with a full retinue of loyal attendants."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jun. 11, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectParades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sunday schools -- New York (State) -- New York ; African American children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (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.