About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1072
  • TitleThe initial step
  • SummaryTwo young girls sitting on desk or partition, man wearing military uniform standing behind with pen in right hand, young woman standing on right, and sign, "billeting," on far right. Caption: "The initial step--Going through the first step in the long journey from Brooklyn to foreign station: assignment of Army wife and twins to billets at 'Operations' at Fort Hamilton."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 25, 1949; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorUnited States. Army
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSoldiers -- Billeting ; Twins
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (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: Fort Hamilton: Military: Personnel