About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_1036
  • TitleA couple of guards
  • SummaryCaption: "A couple of guards--Harold Halpin, guard at the Newtown plant of the Brooklyn Union Gas Company, with Lady, specially trained as a guard against sabotage attempts." Halpin is wearing a uniform and carrying a rifle.
  • Date1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 9, 1942; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Union Gas Company ; Dogs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gas companies -- New York (State) -- New York ; Guards -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Rifles -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceAstoria (New York, N.Y.)Queens (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: Utilities: Brooklyn Union Gas Co.: Buildings: Plants