About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0695
  • TitleMaking their choice
  • SummaryLongshoreman leaning against table where two men in suits check off ballots or registration; other workers waiting their turn . Caption: "Making their choice: Longshoremen -- members of Local 327, International Longshoremen's Association -- queue up at the Catholic Seamen's Institute, 635 Hicks St., to cast their ballots on whether the shapeup hiring system should be retained...."
  • Date1958
  • 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: May 8, 1958; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle photo by Lambert." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectInternational Longshoremen's Association ; Stevedores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Labor unions -- Elections -- 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: International Longshoreman Assc. (ILA): Vote II