About This Item


  • Call NumberGOVT_0001
  • TitleFor your guidance
  • SummaryImage of poster with oversized fingerprint; lettering above fingerprint reads, "NEIGHBORHOOD FINGERPRINT STATION"; lettering below fingerprint reads, "FINGERPRINTS ARE YOUR IDENTIFICATION AND PROTECTION DURING WARTIME HAVE THE ENTIRE FAMILY TAKE THEIRS NOW! WAR IDENTIFICATION BUREAU-COVD." Caption on verso: "FOR YOUR GUIDANCE: This poster, issued by the Brooklyn Civilian Defense Volunteer Office, will be placed outside places in Brooklyn where you may register your fingerprints."
  • Date1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsposters
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 7, 1942. Retouched.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFingerprints -- New York (State) -- New York ; World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda
  • 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: Government: Fingerprints