Title: | Sidewalk circus sideshows |
Description: | Inscription: "Sidewalk circus sideshows. Outdoor children's circus sponsored by Board of Education's Division of Community Education at Public School 25, 787 Lafayette Ave, adds up to fun-filled panorama. In sideshow, George (Strong Man) Pearson, 9, of 744A Lafayette St. [lifting toy barbell] is center of attraction along with Lester Kaplan, 9, of 285 Van Buren St. and Billy Sideboard, 7, seated." Two boys on right are African American; seated boy is holding sign, "Blacky, the jail bird." |
Date: | 1951 |
Location: | Bedford Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.) [2] Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
More Details: |
On verso: date inscribed: Aug. 20, 1951. Slightly cropped; retouched. Title from inscription on verso. |
Collection: | Schools [4]
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Subject: |
Public School 25 (New York, N.Y.) [5] African American boys [6] School children [7] Sideshows [8] |
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: | SCHL 1286 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/db0d0881ba73ca6a5a21155a86668a8a&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Bedford+Stuyvesant+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Schools
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/p/Public School 25 (New York, N.Y.)
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/a/African American boys
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/s/School children
[8] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/s/Sideshows