About This Item

  • Call NumberEAGL_0240
  • Title[Workers loading bundles of newspapers]
  • SummaryWorkers loading bundles of newspapers in yard before General Post Office building in downtown Brooklyn; open-air automobile in center, with driver at wheel and load of newspapers behind him; three carriages with horses behind automobile; carriages and automobile lettered "Brooklyn Daily Eagle"; side panels of carriages with paintings of eagles; elevated subway station and stairway in right background. Inscription on verso: "Auto, horse & wagon: Brooklyn Daily Eagle delivery service."
  • Date[191-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectBrooklyn daily eagle ; Automobiles ; Horse-drawn vehicles ; Newspapers -- Transportation ; Newspaper employees
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Eagle: Delivery