About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2395
  • Title[Women sewing flags at Brooklyn Navy Yard]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2393, NEIG 2396, NEIG 2397, NEIG 2400, NEIG 2398, NEIG 2399), some of which may also be described in this new record; Seven views of women sewing flags in an unidentified building at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. All are sewing American flags except for woman in foreground of 2395 who is working on a flag with emblem, "U. S. Navy Bureau of Ships" and women in 2397 and 2400 with inscription on verso, "President's flag." Women pictured include: Mrs. Mary Guerra, Catherine Arrighetti, Sally Di Napoli, Mrs. Margaret Saporita, Virginia Scrivani, and Minnie Hollander. The images are not dated.
  • Date[194-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description7 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectFlags -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sewing
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Navy Yard (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: Brooklyn Navy Yard: Employees: Women: Sewing