About This Item

  • Call NumberTEMP_0053
  • TitleProclaims Mount Sinai Day
  • SummarySigning ceremony in Borough President's office. Caption: "Proclaims 'Mount Sinai Day': Borough President Cashmore hands pen to Rabbi Isidore A. Aaron, right, with which he has just signed proclamation making tomorrow 'Mount Sinai Day' in Brooklyn. The day will honor the Brooklyn Congregation Mt. Sinai, now temporarily at 368 Atlantic Ave., whose synagogue was destroyed by fire. Looking on, left to right, Aaron L. Jacoby, chief clerk Surrogate's Court, honorary fund chairman; Ferdinand Fink, president, seated; William B. Gewanter, ticket chairman, and Herman Diamond, chairman of all-star show."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 17, 1949. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSigning ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Synagogues & temples: Mount Sinai, Congregation