About This Item


  • Call NumberWORK_0678
  • TitleWasting no time
  • SummaryLong line of workers from the International Longshoremen's Association between wall of building and police barricades; one worker raising his hat for camera. Caption: "Wasting no time: Out early for a waterfront bargaining election are these dockworkers, lining up at daybreak on 52d St. alongside Naval Militia Armory on 1st Ave..."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 26, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle photo by Lambert." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectInternational Longshoremen's Association ; Stevedores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Labor unions -- Elections -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (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: International Longshoreman Assc. (ILA): Vote I