About This Item


  • Call NumberWORK_0834
  • TitleUnderneath the gaslights
  • SummaryCaption: "Underneath the gaslights--David Morley, a waiter at Gage & Tollner's for 29 years, takes a luncheon order at a table beneath one of the old, bronze gas chandeliers. Although wired for electricity back in 1892, they illuminated the restaurant for many years with gas. Electricity is used now, except for anniversary weeks, when the customers eat by gaslight."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: caption stamped: Nov. 14, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChandeliers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Eating & drinking -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Restaurants -- New York (State) -- New York ; Waiters -- 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: Restaurants: Gage & Tollner