About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0090
  • Title[Boy Scouts before American flag]
  • SummaryThree men in suits and ten Boy Scouts looking at large American flag in courtroom, probably in court building at 120 Schermerhorn Street. Caption on verso: "At long last an American flag graces the wall of the grand jury room in Brooklyn Federal Court. Five Boy Scout Troops of the Central District of the Brooklyn Scout Council presented the flag yesterday to U.S. Marshal Arthur J. Jaeger (left), Clerk George Teoomey (center) and Chief Clerk Percy G.B. Gilkes. J. Walter Gallagher of Garden City, foreman of the grand jury, thanked the Scouts for their gift . . ."
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: March 12/39; "Eagle staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFlags -- United States ; Boy Scouts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Courthouses -- 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: Government: Judiciary: Criminal Court