About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2383
  • TitleWaiting
  • SummaryCaption: "Waiting--Crowds [carrying umbrellas and standing behind iron gate] gathered early at the [Brooklyn] Army Base [Terminal] pier, foot of 58th St., ... waiting for refugees to disembark from transport American Legion ..." There are nine people shown in the image; a military police officer is standing on far right.
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped and retouched. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 28, 1940; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Army Terminal (New York, N.Y.) ; Military police -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (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: Brooklyn Army Terminal: Personnel and visitors