About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0271
  • TitlePreparing to slay the black spider
  • SummaryCaption: "Preparing to slay the black spider are Borough President Cashmore (left) and Mayor LaGuardia on the rear platform of the last train to run over the Fulton St. 'L,' shortly before its arrival for the death scene at Rockaway Ave. last night."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: June 1/40. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947 ; Subways -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceCanarsie (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: Subways: Els and inclines: Fulton Street: Razing: General