About This Item


  • Call NumberEAGL_0486
  • TitleReading new Eagle
  • SummaryClose-up of man standing on Brooklyn street wearing winter coat and hat, holding cigar in left hand, and reading first issue of Brooklyn eagle, formerly Brooklyn daily eagle; another man is standing on right.
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectBrooklyn eagle ; Newspapers
  • 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: Eagle: General