Boys shake hands over a game of checkers administered by Pietro J. Capra.

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Creator / Contributor: Boys’ Club of New York
Title: Boys shake hands over a game of checkers administered by Pietro J. Capra.
Collection Title: Boys' Club of New York records. Series VII: Photographs.
Date: circa 1920-1950
Description: 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.
Identifier: bcny_unnumbered_030
Subject: Boys--Societies and clubs--New York (State)--New York
Subject corporate name: Boys’ Club of New York--Photographs
Subject geographic name: New York (N.Y.)--Photographs
Material type or medium of original: Negatives (photographs)
Black-and-white negatives
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