About This Item


  • TitleThe feminine touch
  • Call NumberWORK_0475
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThree drum majorettes with batons at annual parade in Brooklyn Heights; firemen and members of marching band observing them in background. Caption: "The feminine touch: These eye-filling young drum majorettes strutted their stuff in the volunter firemen's parade yesterday. Left to right, they are Marie Pupke and Joan Riker of Valley Stream and Virginia Lahive of Cederhurst."
  • Date1941
  • 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: Feb. 23, 1941; "Eagle staff photo." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVolunteer fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Drum majorettes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parades -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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.