About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0105
  • TitleOn the dotted line
  • SummarySix men wearing suits: one sitting at office desk writing, five standing behind him. Caption: "On the dotted line--for fireworks--R. J. Schaefer, president of the F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company of Brooklyn, is shown with members of the Coney Island Chamber of Commerce on the occasion of the signing of the contract for the 1952 fireworks, jointly sponsored by the chamber and the beer company. Standing, left to right, are George Kister, C. J. Hilbert, William Nicholson, executive secretary of the chamber; I. H. Klein and Walter Jeffords, chamber president."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 21, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBoards of trade [lctgm] ; Fireworks
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (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: Coney Island: Fireworks