About This Item


  • Call NumberHOLI_0371
  • TitleCake, anyone?
  • SummaryCaption: "Cake, anyone?--Norman H. Free, general manager of the Hotel St. George, remembered Brooklyn's 306th birthday came on Thursday, so he had a cake ready. Here he is cutting a piece for pretty Meg Caroleo of the Barbizon Modeling School, who has the pleasant assignment of delivering it to Brooklyn newspapermen. ..."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Jun[e] 15, 1952. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAnniversaries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Birthdays -- New York (State) -- New York ; Birthday cakes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hotelkeepers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Models (Persons) -- 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: Celebrations: B'klyn anniversary: 1952