Williamsburg Athletes

Williamsburg Athletes
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Title: Williamsburg Athletes
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Caption: "Williamsburg Athletes--This group of young athletes, whose grim looks make up for their lack of size, posed for the camera in the yard of the photographer at 100 Graham Ave., on Aug.15, 1909. the three men in the back are Salvatore Planeta, Pietro di Benedetto and Joe Rizzo, who worked for Rocco Trotta, the marble man, at 24 Union Ave., near Montrose. The photo has been treasured these 33 years by Anthony Treglia, now living at 353 S.5th St., Brooklyn."

Date: 1909
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Date stamped on verso: Jul[y] 20, 1942.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Clubs
Subject: Athletes
Athletic clubs
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: CLUB 0036