About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0833
  • TitleHeadwaiter Leon and some youngsters
  • SummaryCaption: "Headwaiter Leon and some youngsters--Headwaiter Leon Gaskillo, wearing the long jacket, just finished 50 years at Gage * Tollner's and he wears two gold eagles to prove it. Left to right, Jesse Kirkland, 13 years; Leon; Eddie Hall, 12 years, and Rufus Coleman, 12 years, discuss the menu for the day. Gold eagle stands for 25 years, gold star for five years, and gold bar for one year."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 14, 1954; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRestaurants -- New York (State) -- New York ; Waiters -- 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: Restaurants: Gage & Tollner