About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2025
  • Title"So this ma'amselle says to me"
  • SummaryFour men, two African American, all wearing hats, sitting at table in mess hall. Caption: "'So this ma'amselle says to me'--Seaman Joseph Burque, in messroom of S. S. Marmacsurf, tied up at her pier below Columbia Heights, spins a true yarn of a sailor's adventure in postwar France. Listening and helping out are, left to right, William Burke, second-class cook; Ralph Knezeak, seaman, and Arnold Fesser, fireman-water tender."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 16, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAfrican Americans ; Merchant mariners ; Mess halls [lctgm]
  • 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: Waterfront: Seamen