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  • TitleSeniors take over
  • Call NumberSCHL_1115
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Seniors take over--Youth and beauty gathered last night in the grand ballroom of Hotel Commodore when the senior class of Prospect Heights High School [located at 883 Classon Avenue] held its prom. Among those present were, left to right, Bob Arout; Adrienne Shaker, vice president ... and co-chairman of the prom committee; Isabel Boyce, president ...; Charles Stiegler; Josephine Dillon, chairman of the prom committee, and Donald Lewis."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 29, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E. [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectProspect Heights High School (New York, N.Y.) ; High school students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Proms -- 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.