About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0767
  • TitleBabies for Roosevelt
  • SummaryCaption: "Babies for Roosevelt--An unusual election parade, in the interest of the candidacy of President Roosevelt winding its way along Brighton Beach Avenue near Coney Island Avenue. It was sponsored by the Wives Victory Club of Brighton Beach."
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Nov. 5, 1944; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectRoosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 ; Baby carriages -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Parades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Presidents -- United States -- Election
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrighton Beach (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Roosevelt, Franklin Delano: Visit to Brooklyn