About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0117
  • TitlePoised for the race
  • SummaryCaption: "Poised for the race--At left, George Horn, seated, shows Martin Schachne of 60 Carlton Ave. engraved book given him by Port Authority for being first paying customer to go through Lincoln Tunnel. They are waiting at Brooklyn Plaza for dash to be first through Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel when it opens."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 24, 1950; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectTunnels -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Tunnels: Brooklyn-Battery: Ceremonies