About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2027
  • TitleSuperior seamen
  • SummaryCaption: "Superior seamen--On board freighter African Pilgrim, Seamen Julius Johnson, James Simms [both African Americans] and Leslie Roberts, left to right, [sitting at table] chat during lunch hour."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On recto: large, white-outlined black circle in bottom center. On verso: date stamped: May 25, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAfrican Americans ; Cargo ships ; Eating & drinking [lctgm] ; Merchant mariners ; Mess halls [lctgm]
  • 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: Waterfront: Seamen