About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2024
  • TitleHis hobby is art and history
  • SummaryCaption: "His hobby is art and history--James Farren, [African American] chief cook of Farrell Line freighter African Pilgrim, wields meat chopper in galley of his ship while he ponders Italian Renaissance art."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 22, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAfrican Americans ; Cooks ; Galleys (Ship kitchens)
  • 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: Waterfront: Seamen