About This Item


  • TitleBetween laughter and fears
  • Call NumberWORK_0638
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Between laughter and fears--Four-year-old Margaret Dockery of 444 99th St. is undecided whether to laugh or cry as clown Jo-Jo Bumstead leans toward her at eighth annual Halloween party given by Visition Nurse Association of Brooklyn for orthopedically handicapped children. Nurse Mary Murphy looks on with Mary Ann Certomo, 3 of 33 Nostrand Ave. and Margaret's twin sister, Sheila, right."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: caption stamped: Oct. 26, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectClowns -- New York (State) -- New York ; Halloween -- New York (State) -- New York ; Children with disabilities -- New York (State) -- New York ; Visiting nurses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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.