About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0204
  • TitleFor Fort Hamilton boys
  • SummaryCaption: "For Fort Hamilton boys--Borough President Cashmore purchases his ticket for a ball for the benefit of the Fort Hamilton soldiers' athletic fund from Walter Miller, commander of the Bay Ridge Post, American Legion. Behind the wheel of the jeep car is Lt. Vincent McDonald, who drove the vehicle up the Borough Hall steps for the occasion."
  • Date1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 18, 1942; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; Politicians -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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: Portraits: Cashmore, John: 1940-1949: I