About This Item

  • Call NumberEAGL_0238
  • TitleDr. Frank Overton judging birdhouses at Mineola
  • SummaryMiddle-aged man in suit holding and examining log-shaped birdhouse for contest sponsored by Brooklyn Daily Eagle; six other birdhouses on table behind him; shingled exterior wall and patch of lawn behind table.
  • Date1916
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteInscription on recto: "Photo by Burt"; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 4, 1916; Eagle stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Daily Eagle
  • SubjectBirdhouses ; Contests
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationMineola (N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Eagle: Contests