About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0358
  • TitleThey made it
  • SummaryCaption: "They made it--These public officials and pretty girl entertainers, Brooklyn-bound from Manhattan Isle, 'rediscover' our borough." Image shows a group of people standing on the deck of a passenger boat with a large banner reading 'Brooklyn or Bust'."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 11, 1946; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAnniversaries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Entertainers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Passenger ships -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceNew 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: Celebrations: B'klyn anniversary: 1946