About This Item

  • TitleProtest meeting
  • Call NumberWORK_0712
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Protest meeting--Parents in Sheepshead Bay prepare petitions demanding more police protection for school children in the vicinity of Gerritsen and Whitney Aves. Left to right, seated, are Mrs. S. Schenk of 3144 Whitney Ave., Mrs. J. McLoughlin of 108 Aster Court, Mrs. William Porter and her son, John, 3, of 3162 Whitney Ave., and Mrs. Ella C. Flato." Image also includes group of school children and portion of building in left background with sign, "Funeral Chapel."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: May 25, 1950; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChild welfare -- New York (State) -- New York ; Demonstrations -- New York (State) -- New York ; Petitions -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; School children -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (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.