About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2412
  • TitleWaves' 12th birthday
  • SummaryCaption: "Waves' 12th birthday--Read Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, Commandant of the 3d Naval District, cuts cake at anniversary party for Wave officers at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Officxers' Club. Flanking him are Lt. Dorothy T. Yarnall, left, and Mrs. Florence C. Schweitzer, a World War I Yeomanette, wearing the uniform of that day."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white. ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 30, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorPerrenoud, J. A.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectUnited States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve -- New York (State) -- New York ; United States. Navy -- Officers -- New York (State) -- New York ; New York Naval Shipyard ; Anniversaries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cake -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cakes -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Navy Yard (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: Brooklyn Navy Yard: Officers' Club and residence