About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0568
  • TitleSaves money
  • SummaryNight view apropos of recent fire aboard cargo ship, showing five men, two holding money bag, standing in light snow behind open police wagon. Caption: "Saves money: Alberto Romero, purser of the freighter Rio Parana, wearing seaman's hat, clings to bag holding $6,000 of ship's funds. He is shown being escorted by detectives to patrol wagon which took him to Poplar St. station."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsnight photographyphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 7, 1948; "Eagle Staff photo." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPolice vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sailors -- 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: Fires: Waterfront