About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0159
  • TitleChanging of the guard
  • SummaryTwo judges, one administering oath, one receiving oath, standing before bookcase in office, presumably in downtown Brooklyn. Caption: "Changing of the Guard: Retiring County Court Judge Louis Goldstein, left, swears in former Special Sessions Justice Hyman Barshay, who was elected a County Court Judge, replacing Judge Goldstein, in the last elections . . . ".
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 31, 1953. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectJudges -- New York (State) -- New York ; Oaths -- 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: Judiciary: Special Sessions Court