About This Item


  • Call NumberMEMO_0039
  • TitleGreat day for Brooklyn
  • SummaryTwo men exchanging checks and papers in front of safe inscribed in chalk, "Brooklyn War Memorial $50,000"; two other men looking on. Caption on verso: "Great Day for Brooklyn: Two victories for the Dodgers over the Cardinals and $50,000 added to the Brooklyn War Memorial Fund made yesterday a great one for Brooklyn at Ebbets Field. Total proceeds were turned over to the War Memorial. John Collins, second from right, business manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, shows the figures and checks to Commissioner of Borough Works John J. Lynch, Borough President Cashmore and Surrogate Francis D. McGarey, fund chairman."
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 19, 1947. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- Employees ; War memorials -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York ; Civic leaders -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Memorials: Brooklyn War Memorial: Fundraising II