About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0293
  • TitleSubway fare is a dime
  • SummaryCaption: "Subway fare is a dime--Midnight separates Brooklyn couple ... Mrs. Lillian Besunder of 2120 E. 24th St. passes happily through Borough Hall station turnstile for a nickel, but her husband, Seymour, loses out and must pay a dime."
  • Date1948
  • 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: Jul[y] 1, 1948; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCommuters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Passengers -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Subways -- 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: Subways: Fares