About This Item


  • Call NumberTRAN_0431
  • TitleFree riders
  • SummaryCaption: "Free riders--Government officials and members of the citizens committee which won a new bus route in East New York from Alabama Ave, to Eldert Lane rode free on one of the buses after a mass meeting at Lowe's Warwick Theater. Free riders were, left to right (rear), Assemblyman Anthony J. Travia and Councilmen Sam Curtis; (front) Albert Ackerman, committeeman; Joseph H. Schmalacker, secretary to Borough President Cashmore; William E. Boyd, president of the 22d A. D. Democratic Club; Robert E. Hower of the Cypress Hills Boards of Trade, and Edward N. Heerschaft." One other man and three others partially visible are cropped out at far right.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On recto: photographer's stamp in lower right corner. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 20, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; Buses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East New York (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: Buses: Inspections and meetings