About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0142
  • TitleMilkman honored for heroism
  • SummaryDriver in uniform of Sheffield Milk Company receiving award from man in suit; Fire Commissioner looking on at right. Caption on verso: "John Russo (center), Sheffield Farms milkman of Jamaica, N.Y., today (October 8th) was awarded the gold medal during presentation of Pasteur medals for distinguished public service in line of duty to 10 milkmen by the Milk Industry Foundation...."
  • Date[195-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso.
  • SubjectDairy workers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Award presentations -- 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: Dairies: Sheffield Farms