Robert Ripley and Fiorello La Guardia in charity softball game at Madison Square Garden (1925-1968), Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

Boys' Club of New York records. Series VII: Photographs.

1939 May 9

The collection contains 403 photographic negatives produced circa 1920-1980 (bulk 1920-1950) by commercial photographers on behalf of The Boys’ Club of New York ("BCNY"). The majority depict young BCNY members engaged in a variety of activities, either at the club’s Tompkins Square Building (later renamed Harriman Clubhouse) or at the William Carey Camp in Jamesport, New York. Many of the photographs were published in annual reports, where they served to promote the organization’s work.

Deteriorated negative.

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Boys--Societies and clubs--New York (State)--New York

La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947
Ripley, Robert L. (Robert LeRoy), 1890-1949

Boys’ Club of New York--Photographs
Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y. : 1925-1968)--Photographs

Midtown Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Negatives (photographs)
Black-and-white negatives

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