About This Item


  • TitleBride spurned at "Trial by Jury"
  • Call NumberCHUR_0774
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryYoung woman in bride costume standing on left, four young women dressed as bridesmaids seated on right and young man looking at them in center, and man dressed as judge in top left. Caption: "Bride spurned at 'Trial by Jury'--Roberta Sherry pleads with errant spouse-to-be at St. Francis Xavier Church presentation of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Trial by Jury.' Al House, the groom, seems more interested in bridesmaids Helen Speicher, Jean Ricci, Mary Stewart and Claire Lee, ogling him from left to right, as Judge Guilford Bishop, the judge, points warning finger at wayward fiance. ..."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil croppng marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 6, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectSt. Francis Xavier Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm] ; Church entertainments
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (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.