"So this ma'amselle says to me" - Digital Collections

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