About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0010
  • TitleOperation felines
  • SummaryCaption: "Operation felines--A. S. P. C. A. agents John Joule, gas mask about his neck, and John Stitzel remove crate upon crate of cats before an enthralled audience outside of the store at 222 St. Mark's Ave."
  • 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: Aug. 28, 1950; "Eagle staff photo by Lambert." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAmerican Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ; Crates -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gas masks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Carroll Gardens (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: Social welfare: Animal shelters: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: I