About This Item

  • Call NumberEAGL_0424
  • TitleBrooklyn boy at exhibit
  • SummarySailor in apron seated at rack displaying spools of leather and thread. Caption: "Brooklyn boy at exhibit: Seaman 1st Class Carlo Sparmo of 423 3d St. is one of the veterans taking part in the Arts and Skills Exhibit currently being shown in the Brooklyn Eagle Building. Seaman Sparmo is shown here doing intricate leatherwork, an art he learned as a patient at the Seagate Naval Convalescent Hospital, Coney Island...."
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 2, 1945. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSailors ; Leatherwork ; Exhibitions -- 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: Eagle