Title: | Taking all comers |
Description: | Caption: "Taking all comers--Thomas Wiswell, 'Mr. Checkers,' U. S. Army checkers champion, 1942-45, takes on 14 players simultaneously (12 checkers games and 2 chess games) in the auditorium of the Flatbush Boys Club, during the National Boys Club Week, March 20-16." |
Date: | 1950 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
More Details: |
On verso: date inscribed: 1950; photographer's stamp. Title from typed caption on verso. |
Collection: | Social Welfare [3]
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Subject: |
Flatbush Boys Club (New York, N.Y.) [4] Boys [5] Checkers [6] Chess [7] |
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: | SWEL 0100 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/2fec464de12de554f64899130195aced&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Social+Welfare
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/f/Flatbush Boys Club (New York, N.Y.)
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Boys
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/c/Checkers
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/c/Chess