About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0791
  • TitleHow many?
  • SummaryCaption: "How many?--Borough President [John] Cashmore checks in as the first stamp customer at the new post office in the Borough Hall Municipal Building. The man at the window, right, is Postmaster Edward J. Quigley." The man handing Cashmore the stamp is unidentified.
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[2] 2, 1947. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; Post office stations and branches -- New York (State) -- New York ; Postal service -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Postage stamps -- 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: Post office: Borough Hall Municipal Building