About This Item


  • TitleRoughing it
  • Call NumberSWEL_0076
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBoys at camp ground in country listening to woman on raised platform before them. Caption: "Roughing It: Brooklyn youngsters, members of the Bushwick Red Shield Boys' Club, enjoying themselves at the Salvation Army's Lake Star Camp at Butler, N.J., cluster around an instructress just before shoving off for a camping trip."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 25, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSalvation Army ; Camp sites, facilities, etc. -- New Jersey ; Boys -- Societies and clubs -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationButler (N.J.)
  • 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.