About This Item

  • Call NumberEAGL_0431
  • TitleThe old and the new
  • SummaryNaval officer (right) holding megaphone; man in suit (left) holding other megaphone; older man in suit (center) looking on. Caption: "The old and the new: Comparing the old and the new ship hand-megaphones at the Navy Yard Birthday Exhibit in the Eagle Building are, left to right, Charles E. Fraser, head of the Electrical Material Department at the Navy Yard; John Lind, head of the Mechanical Department Material Laboratory of the yard, and Lt. Comm. C.H.A. Rohr, U.S.N., administrative assistant to the laboratory officer in the material laboratory."
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Feb. 24, 1945. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectUnited States. Navy -- Officers ; Megaphones [lctgm] ; Exhibitions -- 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: Eagle