About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0230
  • TitleFirst poppy to first citizen
  • SummaryCaption: "First poppy to first citizen--The first poppy of the season is pinned in the lapel of Borough President [John] Cashmore by Mrs. Robert S. Mac Cormack, chairman of the Women's Auxiliary of the Kings County American Legion, as plans for the annual sale get underway. Poppy Week will be celebrated at the end of May."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 17, 1946; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; Politicians -- 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: Portraits: Cashmore, John: 1940-1949: IV