About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0738
  • TitleReady for business
  • SummaryCaption: "Ready for business--Representative John H. Ray, whose district spans the Narrows to cover both Bay Ridge and Staten Island, arrives at the Old House Office Building at the start of a busy day. He's one of two Republicans elected last fall after 30 years of Democratic monopoly in Brooklyn."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 16, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRay, John H ; Legislators -- United States
  • 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: Ray, John H