Sidewalk circus sideshows

Sidewalk circus sideshows
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Title: Sidewalk circus sideshows
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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.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: On verso: date inscribed: Aug. 20, 1951.
Slightly cropped; retouched.
Title from inscription on verso.
Collection: Schools
Subject: Public School 25 (New York, N.Y.)
African American boys
School children
Sideshows
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