About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0108
  • TitleBeauty and patriotism
  • SummaryCaption: "Beauty and patriotism--[Brooklyn-born] Carol Bruce, star of the Broadway musical, 'Louisiana Purchase,' presents a replica of the famous Bennington Battle Flag of the Revolutionary War [at] the Namm Colonial Home at the World's Fair. Maj. Benjamin H. Namm, president [of] Namm Store, accepts the banner as Com. Howard A. Flanagan, the Fair's executive vice [presid]ent looks on."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: July 19/40; "Eagle staff photo." Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBruce, Carol ; Actresses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Flags -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Portraits: Bruce, Carol