Miss Liberty

Miss Liberty
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Title: Miss Liberty
Description:

Three girls, two in oriental costume, one with Liberty-head crown, posing 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: "Miss Liberty: Joanne Christensen, 5, is flanked by Beverley and Barbara Beasley, 3, twins, in Chinese costumes. One of the passing pictures in the 26-division 122d Anniversary Day parade of Sunday School children, more than 100,000 strong."

Date: 1951
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Brooklyn eagle.
More Details: Title from caption on verso.
On verso: date stamped: Jun. 8, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks
Collection: Holidays
Subject: Parades
Sunday schools
Twins
Girls
Parks
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library
ID: HOLI 0311