About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0524
  • TitleThey helped make this news
  • SummaryFour sailors gathered around base of statue; all looking at open copy of Daily News held by sailor in the center; headline reads, "Jap Ra[dio] Reports Surrender"; location unknown. Caption on verso: "They Helped Make This News: Grins come quickly to the faces of Signalman 3d Class Edward McDermott, the Bronx; Seaman 1st Class Frank Grillo of Brooklyn and Signalman 3d Class John Goolsby of California (left to right) as they read the good news. Seaman 1st Class Richard Bolin of Minnesota shows his feelings, top, as he looks over the shoulders of his comrades."
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 14, 1945; "Eagle Staff Photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDaily news (New York, N.Y. : 1920) ; V-J Day, 1945 -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sailors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reading -- 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: Celebrations: V-Day