About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0617
  • Title[Howard Spellman, Robert Moses and Joseph Sharkey]
  • SummaryCaption: "Congratulations are in order as the City Council approved the Brooklyn-Battery Bridge and (left to right) Councilman Howard Spellman, Park Commissioner [Robert] Moses and Councilman Joseph T. Sharkey share a handshake."
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteCropped and retouched. On verso: date inscribed: March 29/39. Title from caption on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectMoses, Robert, 1888-1981 ; Spellman, Howard Hilton, 1899- ; Impresarios -- New York (State) -- New York ; Politicians -- New York (State) -- New York ; Shaking hands [lctgm]
  • 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: Moses, Robert: Group photos: I