About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0359
  • TitleDonald Wills Douglas
  • SummaryCaption: "Donald Wills Douglas (1892) an American aircraft manufacturer, organized the Douglas Company in 1920. ... He was born in Brooklyn. Here he is being presented with the 1936 Collier Trophy for the year's outstanding contribution to aviation by President Roosevelt [with whom he is shaking hands] at the White House." Image includes several other unidentified men.
  • Date1936
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso.
  • SubjectDouglas, Donald W. (Donald Wills), 1892-1981 ; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 ; Awards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Shaking hands [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: Portraits: Douglas, Donald Wills