About This Item

  • Call NumberEAGL_0460
  • TitleGetting it out of his system
  • SummaryCaption: "Getting it out of his system--Pharmacist's Mate 3d Class William Magee, who has seen Japs die on the point of a bayonet, finds modeling the incidents in clay a means of ridding himself of horrible memories. He is shown working with Mrs. Valentine Green, a member of the Red Cross Arts and Skills Corps at Brooklyn Naval Hospital. Some of his models may be seen at the Arts and Skills Exhibit which opened in the Eagle building today."
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 30, 1945; photographer's stamp. On verso: "Wm. Magee, Watertown, S. Dakota." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorRavitz, Bernard [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectModeling -- New York (State) -- New York ; Occupational therapy -- 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: Eagle: Exhibitions