About This Item

  • Call NumberEAGL_0487
  • TitlePete doubles as newsboy for the new Brooklyn eagle
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (EAGL 0488), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views, in different sizes, of crowd of people, some of whom are holding copies of the Eagle, wearing winter coats and hats standing on Brooklyn street. Caption: "Pete doubles as newsboy for the new Brooklyn Eagle--'Wuxtry! Wuxtry! Read all about it!' cries the redoubtable Register McGuinness [white circle around face] as he hawks the first streamlined edition to eager buyers on the steps of the Hall of Records. So eager was Pete in his self-appointed task that he left his overcoat behind in his office, hurrying outside and braving the cold to be sure his constituents got copies of his favorite newspaper."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints: black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso of 0487: date inscribed: 1940; 0488: date stamped: Mar. 25, 1940; "Eagle staff photo." Small rectangular piece missing in upper left corner; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn eagle ; Crowds -- New York (State) -- New York ; Newspapers -- 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