About This Item

  • Call NumberCLUB_0065
  • TitleSeek new traffic light
  • SummaryCaption: "Seek new traffic light--Bryan K. Sheehy, left, and Dr. Herman Schneider of the United Neighborhood Community Club of East Flatbush, show Helen McCormack, whose father was killed in a traffic accident, and her brothers-in-law, James A.Coughlin and Frank W. Ceva, a petition containing 5,000 names, which asks for the installation of signal lights on Snyder Ave. between Utica and Brooklyn Aves. Assemblyman Irwin I. Steingut and Congresswoman Edna Kelly will carry the petition to Police Commissioner Thomas F. Murphy. Last month, a woman, mother of nine children, was killed by an auto in the area ."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Oct. 13, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCivic improvement -- 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: Clubs: Civic