About This Item

  • Call NumberEAGL_0485
  • TitleReading first issue of the new Brooklyn Eagle
  • SummaryClose-up of man wearing winter coat and hat standing on Brooklyn street reading first issue of Brooklyn Eagle, formerly Brooklyn Daily Eagle, while getting his shoes shined; three men are standing in background.
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1940. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Eagle ; Newspapers ; Shoe shiners -- 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: Eagle: General