About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0129
  • TitleExhibit Negro historical data
  • SummaryOlder white man in suit pointing out document to younger African American man in suit; portrait of Abraham Lincoln behind open documents. Caption: "Exhibit Negro Historical Data: Vernon Phillips, left, a clerk in the County Clerk's office, and Deputy County Clerk James A. Kelly are shown examining exhibit showing the role of the Negro in Brooklyn through the years."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 25, 1949; "Eagle staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMunicipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Exhibitions -- 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: Government: Judiciary: Kings County: County Clerks Office