About This Item


  • Call NumberWORK_0914
  • TitleTugboat men
  • SummaryCaption: "Tugboat men wait on line in front of 105 Broad St., Manhattan, to cast ballots on proposals for ending the port-crippling walkout [by coal-delivering tugboat workers]."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photograph print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 8, 1946; on caption: "Eagle staff photo."
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectQueues -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Stevedores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Strikes and lockouts -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceNew 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: Strikes: Tugboats: General