About This Item

  • Call NumberBRID_0005
  • TitleBuild the Bridge rally at the Majestic Theater
  • SummaryClose-up of theater marquee with large sign, "Build the Bridge rally ...," three pedestrians in foreground, and several store fronts in background. Caption: "This is where everyone interested in Brooklyn's welfare is expected to be tomorrow night. The Majestic Theater, Fulton St. and Rockwell Place, placarded and ready for the much-heralded mass 'Build the Bridge' rally at 8:00 p.m."
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: June 5/39; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMarquees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Pedestrians -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Theaters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • 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: Bridges: Brooklyn-Battery Bridge (proposed)