About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0384
  • TitleNew jurist
  • SummaryCaption: "New jurist--Municipal Court Justice-elect Lewis W. [sic] Flagg, right, takes the oath of office from Appellate Division Justice John MacCrate as Mrs. Flagg beams approval. The new jurist was el;ected to sit in the 2d District last month after he won the Democratic primary for the party nomination as an insurgent candidate."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: caption stamped: Dec. 10, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFlagg, Lewis S., Jr ; African American judges -- New York (State) -- New York ; Judges -- New York (State) -- New York ; Oaths -- 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: Portraits: Flagg, Lewis S. Jr