About This Item


  • Call NumberWORK_0649
  • TitleBarmaids in arms!
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (WORK 0647, WORK 0648), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption (0647, 0648): "Angered no end by Assemblyman Lama's move to abolish women on the serving side of the bar are these three borough tapstreses--left to right, Bobby, Lee, and Loretta. they firmly but politely decline to give their last names in accordance with barmaid protocol." All images include man, back to camera, sitting at bar.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • Note0649: 8 x 10 in. On verso of 0647 and 0648: date stamped: Jan. 24, 1950; 0649: date inscribed: 1950. Title from captions on verso of 0647 and 0648.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBars (Drinking establishments) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bartenders -- New York (State) -- New York ; School children
  • 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: Occupations: Bartender