About This Item


  • TitleHigh style
  • Call NumberHOLI_0309
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryToddler with sash across chest sitting in baby carriage in Prospect Park as part of the annual Anniversary Day parade of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union; other children and bystanders in background. Caption on verso: "High Style: Elissa Bennett, 20 months, of St. John's Lutheran Church, wasn't up to walking so she picked a stroller to parade her ruffled party frock and new white shoes."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jun. 11, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectParades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sunday schools -- New York (State) -- New York ; Girls -- 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.