About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0439
  • TitleWelcome to Brooklyn
  • SummaryCaption: "Welcome to Brooklyn--Borough President Cashmore greets Crown Princess Martha of Norway at opening of the Norwegian's Seamen's Home, 62 Hanson Place. Between them is Vice Admiral H. F. Leary, commander of the Eastern Sea Frontier." Image includes another unidentified man standing on far right.
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 20, 1944; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; Norwegian Seamen's Home (New York, N.Y.) ; Institutional care -- New York (State) -- New York ; Politicians -- 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: Social welfare: Homes: Norwegian Seamen's Home