About This Item


  • Call NumberWORK_0802
  • TitleStab a Jap
  • SummaryCaption: "Stab a Jap--This spiked, wrought iron fence attached to the Brooklyn Federal Building can readily be converted into bayonets for Leathernecks." Image includes one pedestrian, back to camera, walking in right background.
  • Date1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 4, 1942; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFences -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wrought-iron -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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: Post office: Stations: Main: Cadman Plaza