About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0590
  • TitleHiram Percy Maxim
  • SummaryCaption: "Hiram Percy Maxim (1869-1936) son of Sir Hiram S. Maxim, invented a silencer for guns. He also worked on mufflers to eliminate noises in gasoline engines and developed several electrical appliances. ... He wrote the books, 'Life's Place in the Cosmos' and 'Horseless Carriage Days.' He was born in Brooklyn ..." Hiram is seated at table with six unidentified men standing behind him.
  • Date1930
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Sept. 10/30. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • SubjectMaxim, Hiram Percy, 1869-1936 ; Inventors -- 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: Portraits: Maxim, Hiram Stevens, Sir